CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-10540

7.5 HIGH Published 2018-05-31 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-05-31
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20, CWE-400

Description

Minimatch is a minimal matching utility that works by converting glob expressions into JavaScript `RegExp` objects. The primary function, `minimatch(path, pattern)` in Minimatch 3.0.1 and earlier is vulnerable to ReDoS in the `pattern` parameter.

Affected configurations

• minimatch project minimatch (<= 3.0.1)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption weakness

References