6.9

CVE-2026-118764: minimatch: potential denial of service via globparts amplification

Awaiting analysis
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2026-118764GHSA-g3hv-75wg-m249UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118764
Published 29-10-2026Last modified 03-11-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-118764 is a medium (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability in isaacs minimatch. EPSS estimates a 0.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 6.9, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
6.9/10
010
Medium · v4.0 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.29%
0%100%
Low · Change unavailable
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 29-10-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

7 scores · 7 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.29%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

22%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Change unavailable

Change unavailable

30-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Chainguard123 products
  • actions-runnerAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • airflow-2All versions (No fix recorded)
  • arangodb-3.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • arangodb-3.12All versions (No fix recorded)
  • argo-workflows-ui-3.7All versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi31 products
  • argo-workflows-ui-4.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • eslintAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • langfuse-3-workerAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • lernaAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • nextcloud-server-33All versions (No fix recorded) | < 33.0.10-r7
Debian1 product
  • node-minimatchAll versions (No fix recorded)
Isaacs1 product
Npm1 product
  • minimatch< 11.0.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • node-minimatchAll versions (No fix recorded)

6 vendors · 158 products

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