Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-118764 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-118764 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-118764?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 29 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Isaacs Minimatch before 11.0.1; minimatch (npm) < 11.0.1, SEMVER:introduced=0,fixed=11.0.1.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-118764?
- Yes. minimatch (npm): upgrade to 11.0.1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-118764 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network or with local access, in a software library.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-118764?
- Check whether you run Isaacs Minimatch or minimatch (npm) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- minimatch (npm): upgrade to 11.0.1 or later
npm install minimatch@11.0.1
Technical details
A ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) vulnerability exists in the firstPhasePreProcess() function, where attacker-controlled **/../ pattern segments are repeatedly expanded in a fixpoint loop at optimization levels 2 or higher, generating excessive globParts entries. The secondPhasePreProcess() function then performs pairwise comparison of these entries, leading to quadratic CPU and memory consumption. The vulnerability requires the application to process attacker-supplied glob patterns with high optimization levels enabled.
Affected products
- isaacs minimatch before 11.0.1
Identifiers
- CVE-2026-118764
- GHSA-g3hv-75wg-m249
Timeline
- 2026-10-29: disclosed
- 2026-10-27: patched: Fix commit dated before disclosure