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SCA: security update for minimatch (GHSA-3ppc-4f35-3m26)
high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437837
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- 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. (CVE-2026-26996)
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 437837
Version: Revision 1.9
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 2/19/2026
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3
Percentile: 23.73
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-26996
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 6.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.7
Threat Score: 7.7
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P
Vector: 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
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/18/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-26996
cwe: CWE-1333