CVE-2026-59094 (GCVE-0-2026-59094)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-02 19:40 – Updated: 2026-07-14 22:03 X_Open Source
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Pathway - Unauthenticated Denial of Service via Exponential Glob Pattern Matching in Document Store
Summary
Pathway through 0.31.1, fixed in commit d09722e, document store applies a caller-supplied glob pattern to indexed document paths using a hand-written recursive matcher that branches two ways on each ** token without memoization, giving exponential worst-case complexity. The filepath_globpattern value is taken from the body of the unauthenticated HTTP endpoints /v1/retrieve, /v1/inputs and /v2/answer and compiled into a filter evaluated once per indexed document, with no length or **-count limit. A remote unauthenticated attacker can submit a short pattern containing many ** tokens to consume CPU for tens of seconds per request, and a small number of requests denies service.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-07-06 16:19 UTC
CWE
- CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/pathwaycom/pathway/issues/241 | technical-descriptionexploit |
| https://github.com/pathwaycom/pathway/pull/250 | issue-tracking |
| https://github.com/pathwaycom/pathway/commit/d097… | patch |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pathway-unau… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| pathwaycom | pathway |
Affected:
0 , ≤ 0.31.1
(semver)
Unaffected: d09722eef03fd94bba701836eb4c7fbfa3d3b88e (git) cpe:2.3:a:pathwaycom:pathway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Date Public
2026-06-12 00:00
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