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Echo: minimatch: security update to 3.1.3node-minimatch: security update to 9.0.3-6+e1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 457264

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)

Solution

Update the minimatch library and its related packages to version 3.1.3 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-26996

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 457264

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/5/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

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: 6/1/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/18/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-26996