CVE-2026-27904 (GCVE-0-2026-27904)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-26 01:07 – Updated: 2026-02-26 19:21
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
minimatch ReDoS: nested *() extglobs generate catastrophically backtracking regular expressions
Summary
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Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-02-26 19:21 UTC
CWE
- CWE-1333 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Assigner
References
1 reference
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|---|---|
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