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FKIE_CVE-2026-27903

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-02-26 02:16 - Updated: 2026-02-27 17:21

Severity ?

7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

minimatch is a minimal matching utility for converting glob expressions into JavaScript RegExp objects. Prior to version 10.2.3, 9.0.7, 8.0.6, 7.4.8, 6.2.2, 5.1.8, 4.2.5, and 3.1.3, `matchOne()` performs unbounded recursive backtracking when a glob pattern contains multiple non-adjacent `**` (GLOBSTAR) segments and the input path does not match. The time complexity is O(C(n, k)) -- binomial -- where `n` is the number of path segments and `k` is the number of globstars. With k=11 and n=30, a call to the default `minimatch()` API stalls for roughly 5 seconds. With k=13, it exceeds 15 seconds. No memoization or call budget exists to bound this behavior. Any application where an attacker can influence the glob pattern passed to `minimatch()` is vulnerable. The realistic attack surface includes build tools and task runners that accept user-supplied glob arguments (ESLint, Webpack, Rollup config), multi-tenant systems where one tenant configures glob-based rules that run in a shared process, admin or developer interfaces that accept ignore-rule or filter configuration as globs, and CI/CD pipelines that evaluate user-submitted config files containing glob patterns. An attacker who can place a crafted pattern into any of these paths can stall the Node.js event loop for tens of seconds per invocation. The pattern is 56 bytes for a 5-second stall and does not require authentication in contexts where pattern input is part of the feature. Versions 10.2.3, 9.0.7, 8.0.6, 7.4.8, 6.2.2, 5.1.8, 4.2.5, and 3.1.3 fix the issue.

References

	URL	Tags
	security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch/security/advisories/GHSA-7r86-cg39-jmmj	Exploit, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
minimatch_project	minimatch	*
minimatch_project	minimatch	*
minimatch_project	minimatch	*
minimatch_project	minimatch	*
minimatch_project	minimatch	*
minimatch_project	minimatch	*
minimatch_project	minimatch	*
minimatch_project	minimatch	*

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CVE-2026-27903 (GCVE-0-2026-27903)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-26 01:06 – Updated: 2026-02-26 19:20

Title

minimatch has a ReDoS: matchOne() combinatorial backtracking via multiple non-adjacent GLOBSTAR segments

Summary

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE

CWE-407 - Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch/security/advi…

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	isaacs	minimatch	Affected: >= 10.0.0, < 10.2.3 Affected: >= 9.0.0, < 9.0.7 Affected: >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.6 Affected: >= 7.0.0, < 7.4.8 Affected: >= 6.0.0, < 6.2.2 Affected: >= 5.0.0, < 5.1.8 Affected: >= 4.0.0, < 4.2.5 Affected: < 3.1.3

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