DEBIAN-CVE-2026-26996
minimatch is a minimal matching utility for converting glob expressions into JavaScript RegExp objects. Versions 10.2.0 and below are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) when a glob pattern contains many consecutive * wildcards followed by a literal character that doesn't appear in the test string. Each * compiles to a separate [^/]*? regex group, and when the match fails, V8's regex engine backtracks exponentially across all possible splits. The time complexity is O(4^N) where N is the number of * characters. With N=15, a single minimatch() call takes ~2 seconds. With N=34, it hangs effectively forever. Any application that passes user-controlled strings to minimatch() as the pattern argument is vulnerable to DoS. This issue has been fixed in version 10.2.1.
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-26996
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-26996
node-minimatch
Source reference: /affected/0/package/name
- Affected versions
- 5.1.1+~5.1.2-1
Source reference:
/affected/0/versions9.0.3-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions9.0.3-2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions9.0.3-3Source reference:
/affected/0/versions9.0.3-4Source reference:
/affected/0/versions9.0.3-5Source reference:
/affected/0/versions9.0.3-6Source reference:
/affected/0/versions9.0.7-1Source reference:
/affected/0/versions9.0.7-2Source reference:
/affected/0/versions - Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
node-minimatch
Source reference: /affected/1/package/name
- Affected versions
- 9.0.3-6
Source reference:
/affected/1/versions9.0.7-1Source reference:
/affected/1/versions9.0.7-2Source reference:
/affected/1/versions - Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
node-minimatch
Source reference: /affected/2/package/name
- Affected versions
- 9.0.3-6
Source reference:
/affected/2/versions - Fixed versions
- 9.0.7-1
Source reference:
/affected/2/ranges - Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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"ecosystem": "Debian:12"
},
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"9.0.3-2",
"9.0.3-3",
"9.0.3-4",
"9.0.3-5",
"9.0.3-6",
"9.0.7-1",
"9.0.7-2"
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"urgency": "not yet assigned"
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}
}
]Publisher severity
No explicit severity was provided.
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