#VU118143 Incorrect Regular Expression in minimatch - CVE-2016-10540

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#VU118143 Incorrect Regular Expression in minimatch - CVE-2016-10540

Published: November 6, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU118143
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10540
CWE-ID: CWE-185
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
minimatch
Software vendor:
isaacs

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and perform regular expression denial of service (ReDos) attack.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability..

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