{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "joi"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "18.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "18.2.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "joi"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "17.13.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-48038"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-248",
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-06-11T13:27:32Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nDenial of service via untrapped exception in services validating user-supplied JSON / object input with recursive link schemas. \n\nThe blast radius depends on how the application invokes joi:\n- Highest impact: `validate()` called without `try/catch` in a request handler would cause an unhandled exception, potentially crashing the process.\n- Lower impact: `validateAsync()` or `validate()` inside a `try/catch`, the validation fails, but the error type is `RangeError` rather than a structured `ValidationError`, complicating error handling.\n\n### Patches\nUpgrade to version \u003e= 18.2.1.\n\n### Workarounds\nTry/catch the validation to avoid uncaught exceptions.\n\n### References\n- Pull request: hapijs/joi#3113",
  "id": "GHSA-q7cg-457f-vx79",
  "modified": "2026-06-12T19:28:27Z",
  "published": "2026-06-11T13:27:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/hapijs/joi/security/advisories/GHSA-q7cg-457f-vx79"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/hapijs/joi/pull/3113"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/hapijs/joi/commit/2392713d3e9dd91ba752ac0c96e0eaf3d24b9a11"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/hapijs/joi"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "joi has an uncaught RangeError on deeply nested input through recursive `link()` schemas"
}