SB20261109219 - Resource exhaustion in minimatch
Published: November 9, 2026
Security Bulletin ID
SB20261109219
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-118764)
CWE-ID: CWE-400 - Resource exhaustion
CVSSv4: 8.7 [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]
The vulnerability allows an attacker who can supply a glob pattern to cause denial of service through excessive CPU and memory consumption.
The vulnerability exists due to uncontrolled pattern amplification during minimatch preprocessing when optimizationLevel is set to 2 or higher. An attacker who can supply a glob pattern can submit crafted **/../ sequences that expand into numerous entries and trigger costly pairwise processing.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.