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CVE-2026-26996

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.52% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2026-02-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. It affects Java. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

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CVE
CVE-2026-26996
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
0.52%
Java

Original NVD Description

minimatch is a minimal matching utility for converting glob expressions into JavaScript RegExp objects. Versions 10.2.0 and below are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) when a glob pattern contains many consecutive * wildcards followed by a literal character that doesn't appear in the test string. Each * compiles to a separate [^/]*? regex group, and when the match fails, V8's regex engine backtracks exponentially across all possible splits. The time complexity is O(4^N) where N is the number of * characters. With N=15, a single minimatch() call takes ~2 seconds. With N=34, it hangs effectively forever. Any application that passes user-controlled strings to minimatch() as the pattern argument is vulnerable to DoS. This issue has been fixed in version 10.2.1.

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