The vulnerability is exploitable when an attacker with access to schedule cron jobs submits a malicious cron expression. The crash is triggered when a user with dashboard access views the cron job list, which calls 'Elixir.Oban.Web.CronExpr':describe/1 to render the expression.
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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.
"}],"value":"Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in oban-bg oban_web ('Elixir.Oban.Web.CronExpr' modules) allows memory exhaustion via unbounded cron range expansion.\n\nAn 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.\n\nThis issue affects oban_web: from 2.12.0 before 2.12.5."}],"impacts":[{"capecId":"CAPEC-130","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"CAPEC-130 Excessive Allocation"}]}],"metrics":[{"cvssV4_0":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":5.9,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","privilegesRequired":"LOW","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"PASSIVE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"NONE"},"format":"CVSS","scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"GENERAL"}]}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-400","description":"CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2026-05-27T15:40:57.317Z","orgId":"6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db","shortName":"EEF"},"references":[{"tags":["vendor-advisory","related"],"url":"https://github.com/oban-bg/oban_web/security/advisories/GHSA-6xh2-93p9-vqh4"},{"tags":["related"],"url":"https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-48593.html"},{"tags":["related"],"url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-48593"},{"tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/oban-bg/oban_web/commit/9998b7e284e02fdd4645dd6231760038e63b584d"}],"source":{"discovery":"EXTERNAL"},"title":"Unbounded range expansion in cron describe causes memory exhaustion in oban_web","x_generator":{"engine":"cvelib 1.8.0"}}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"6b3ad84c-e1a6-4bf7-a703-f496b71e49db","assignerShortName":"EEF","cveId":"CVE-2026-48593","datePublished":"2026-05-26T19:46:43.980Z","dateReserved":"2026-05-22T09:36:56.834Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-27T15:40:57.317Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2"}