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SCA: security update for minimatch (GHSA-g3hv-75wg-m249)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 478051

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.
 Prior to 11.0.1, src/index.ts implements firstPhasePreProcess() so that, at optimizationLevel 2 or higher,
 it repeatedly expands attacker-controlled **/.. pattern segments inside a fixpoint loop, allowing
 generated globParts entries to be processed and expanded again. secondPhasePreProcess() then compares the
 expanded entries pairwise, so a short malicious glob can cause excessive CPU and memory consumption during
 pattern compilation. This issue is fixed in version 11.0.1. (CVE-2026-118764)

Solution

Update the minimatch library and its related packages to version 11.0.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g3hv-75wg-m249

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 478051

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/31/2026

Updated: 10/31/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.72

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-118764

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-118764

cwe: CWE-405