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minimatch ReDoS: nested *() extglobs generate catastrophically backtracking regular expressions
minimatch ReDoS: nested *() extglobs generate catastrophically backtracking regular expressions
Affected packages
- minimatch
Exploit signal
- Known exploited (CISA KEV)
- No
- EPSS score
- —
- EPSS percentile
- —
EPSS is the probability a CVE is exploited in the wild; percentile is its rank among all CVEs.
Sources
- https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch/security/advisories/GHSA-23c5-xmqv-rm74
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27904
- https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch/commit/11d0df6165d15a955462316b26d52e5efae06fce
- https://github.com/isaacs/minimatch
Structured record: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-23c5-xmqv-rm74
Recommended response stack
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