An attacker with access to schedule cron jobs can submit a malicious cron expression such as "0 0 1-100000000 * *". When a user with dashboard access views the cron job list, 'Elixir.Oban.Web.CronExpr':describe/1 is called to render the expression. parse_range/1 parses both range endpoints via Integer.parse/1 with no bounds check, and the downstream helpers expand_dom_parts/1 and expand_dow_parts/1 materialise the range eagerly via Enum.to_list/1, causing allocation of ~2.4 GB and stalling or crashing the BEAM node. A sibling helper extract_dom_values already validates range bounds, but the expansion helpers do not.
This issue affects oban_web: from 2.12.0 before 2.12.5.
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| Description | Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in oban-bg oban_web ('Elixir.Oban.Web.CronExpr' modules) allows memory exhaustion via unbounded cron range expansion. An attacker with access to schedule cron jobs can submit a malicious cron expression such as "0 0 1-100000000 * *". When a user with dashboard access views the cron job list, 'Elixir.Oban.Web.CronExpr':describe/1 is called to render the expression. parse_range/1 parses both range endpoints via Integer.parse/1 with no bounds check, and the downstream helpers expand_dom_parts/1 and expand_dow_parts/1 materialise the range eagerly via Enum.to_list/1, causing allocation of ~2.4 GB and stalling or crashing the BEAM node. A sibling helper extract_dom_values already validates range bounds, but the expansion helpers do not. This issue affects oban_web: from 2.12.0 before 2.12.5. | |
| Title | Unbounded range expansion in cron describe causes memory exhaustion in oban_web | |
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Oban Web Project
Oban Web Project oban Web |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-400 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:oban_web_project:oban_web:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Oban Web Project
Oban Web Project oban Web |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: EEF
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-26T20:46:24.889Z
Reserved: 2026-05-22T09:36:56.834Z
Link: CVE-2026-48593
Updated: 2026-05-26T20:46:21.859Z
Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-26T21:16:41.857
Modified: 2026-05-26T21:16:41.857
Link: CVE-2026-48593
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Updated: 2026-05-26T21:30:16Z