CVE-2026-118773

MediumCVSS 6.3

Published: 29/10/2026(UTC)Updated: 30/10/2026(UTC)Translated: 29/10/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk

0.35%

29th percentile - higher than 29% of all known CVEs

Summary

In glob from 9.0.0 until 14.0.2, abort branches in src/walker.ts, including GlobUtil.walkCB(), GlobUtil.walkCB2(), GlobUtil.walkCBSync(), and GlobUtil.walkCB2Sync(), invoke callbacks without returning. After AbortSignal or AbortSignal.timeout() rejects or emits an error, execution can continue into processor.processPatterns(), readdirCB(), and recursive traversal. The issue affects glob() and globStream() when applications expose attacker-influenced patterns or directory trees and rely on cancellation as a traversal budget.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can repeatedly send timed-out requests, causing background filesystem operations and CPU work to stack up. This can degrade worker throughput or service availability.

Recommendation

Update glob to version 14.0.2 or later. Limit exposure of attacker-controlled patterns and directory trees and consider additional resource limits.

Other vulnerabilities in glob

CVE-2025-64756High
Glob matches files using patterns the shell uses. Starting in version 10.2.0 and prior to versions 10.5.0 and 11.1.0, the glob CLI contains a command injection vulnerability in its -c/--cmd option that allows arbitrary command execution when processing files with malicious names. When glob -c <command> <patterns> are used, matched filenames are passed to a shell with shell: true, enabling shell metacharacters in filenames to trigger command injection and achieve arbitrary code execution under the user or CI account privileges. This issue has been patched in versions 10.5.0 and 11.1.0.

Original NVD description (English source)

Glob matches files using patterns the shell uses. From 9.0.0 until 14.0.2, abort branches in src/walker.ts, including GlobUtil.walkCB(), GlobUtil.walkCB2(), GlobUtil.walkCBSync(), and GlobUtil.walkCB2Sync(), invoke the callbacks without returning. After AbortSignal or AbortSignal.timeout() rejects or emits an error, execution can continue into processor.processPatterns(), readdirCB(), and recursive traversal. The issue affects glob() and globStream() when applications expose attacker-influenced patterns or directory trees and rely on cancellation as a traversal budget. Repeated timed-out requests can stack background filesystem operations and CPU work, degrading worker throughput or service availability; no confidentiality or integrity impact was observed. This issue is fixed in 14.0.2.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS