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SCA: security update for minimatch (GHSA-23c5-xmqv-rm74)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 438117

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 version 10.2.3, 9.0.7, 8.0.6, 7.4.8, 6.2.2, 5.1.8, 4.2.5, and 3.1.4, nested `*()` extglobs
 produce regexps with nested unbounded quantifiers (e.g. `(?:(?:a|b)*)*`), which exhibit catastrophic
 backtracking in V8. With a 12-byte pattern `*(*(*(a|b)))` and an 18-byte non-matching input, `minimatch()`
 stalls for over 7 seconds. Adding a single nesting level or a few input characters pushes this to minutes.
 This is the most severe finding: it is triggered by the default `minimatch()` API with no special options,
 and the minimum viable pattern is only 12 bytes. The same issue affects `+()` extglobs equally. Versions
 10.2.3, 9.0.7, 8.0.6, 7.4.8, 6.2.2, 5.1.8, 4.2.5, and 3.1.4 fix the issue. (CVE-2026-27904)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-23c5-xmqv-rm74

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 438117

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/3/2026

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-2026-27904

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/26/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-27904