Medium
Dash: dash: super-polynomial backtracking in pmatch when libc fnmatch is disabled
A flaw was found in dash. When built without libc fnmatch, the internal pmatch() matcher implements * by unbounded recursion over candidate positions. A local user who can plant filenames, or otherwise feed that matcher, can make a short multi-star pattern such as *.*.*.*.*.tar.gz consume excessive CPU.
Announced Group revision 1
Original source ↗CVE-2026-102473
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-102473
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
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Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"cpes": [
"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
],
"vendor": "Red Hat",
"product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
"packageName": "dash",
"collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/",
"defaultStatus": "unknown"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-102473
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medium
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- Event
- #4888 · Revision 1
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