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CVE-2026-27904

minimatch ReDoS: nested *() extglobs generate catastrophically backtracking regular expressions

High7.5Public exploitEPSS 0.53%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
GitHub_M

Description

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 3.1.4, nested `*()` extglobs produce regexps with nested unbounded quantifiers (e.g. `(?:(?:a|b)*)*`), which exhibit catastrophic backtracking in V8. With a 12-byte pattern `*(*(*(a|b)))` and an 18-byte non-matching input, `minimatch()` stalls for over 7 seconds. Adding a single nesting level or a few input characters pushes this to minutes. This is the most severe finding: it is triggered by the default `minimatch()` API with no special options, and the minimum viable pattern is only 12 bytes. The same issue affects `+()` extglobs equally. Versions 10.2.3, 9.0.7, 8.0.6, 7.4.8, 6.2.2, 5.1.8, 4.2.5, and 3.1.4 fix the issue.

Public exploit

An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By GitHub_M

  2. · 2 days later

    Published

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2026-27904, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
GitHub_MCNA (assigner)3.1High7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVDNVD · Analyzed3.1High7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.53% · top 55% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

Affected products

  • 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 < 3.1.4

Affected packages

From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.

References (1)

Sources

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