CVE-2016-10540
Regular Expression Denial of Service in minimatch
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.43%
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-10540
To remediate CVE-2016-10540, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.0.3-1 or later
- —upgrade to 3.0.2 or later
Is CVE-2016-10540 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3.0.3-1
- from 0, < 3.0.2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |