UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118764 (CVE-2026-118764)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-10-30 00:00 – Updated: 2026-10-30 00:00 – Source website
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minimatch is a minimal matching utility for converting glob expressions into JavaScript RegExp objects. 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
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
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  "details": "minimatch is a minimal matching utility for converting glob expressions into JavaScript RegExp objects. 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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118764",
  "modified": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z",
  "published": "2026-10-30T00:00:00Z",
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-118764"
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      "type": "Ubuntu"
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}



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