CVE-2026-118764 (GCVE-0-2026-118764)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-29 17:07 – Updated: 2026-11-03 16:06
VLAI
Title
minimatch: potential denial of service via globparts amplification
Summary
minimatch is a minimal matching utility for converting glob expressions into JavaScript RegExp objects. Starting in 7.0.0 and prior to 11.0.1, src/index.ts implements firstPhasePreProcess() so that, at optimizationLevel 2 or higher, it repeatedly expands attacker-controlled **/.. pattern segments inside a fixpoint loop, allowing generated globParts entries to be processed and expanded again. secondPhasePreProcess() then compares the expanded entries pairwise, so a short malicious glob can cause excessive CPU and memory consumption during pattern compilation. This issue is fixed in version 11.0.1.
Severity
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-11-03 16:05 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-405 - Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification)
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
isaacs minimatch Affected: >= 7.0.0, < 11.0.1
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