Is minimatch 0.4 vulnerable?
npm · 1 release from 0.4.0 to 0.4.0 · latest minimatch is 11.0.3 · checked 2 Nov 2026
Yes: 6 known advisories
Yes. minimatch 0.4.0, the last 0.4 release, is affected by 6 known security advisories (5 high, 1 medium), including CVE-2026-27903, CVE-2026-27904, CVE-2026-26996. Upgrade to 11.0.1 or later to fix all of them.
npm install minimatch@11.0.1Advisories affecting minimatch 0.4.0
minimatch has potential denial of service via globparts amplification
- Affected
- <11.0.1
- Fixed in
- 11.0.1
minimatch has ReDoS: matchOne() combinatorial backtracking via multiple non-adjacent GLOBSTAR segments
- Affected
- >=10.0.0 <10.2.3 · >=9.0.0 <9.0.7 · >=8.0.0 <8.0.6 · >=7.0.0 <7.4.8 · >=6.0.0 <6.2.2 · >=5.0.0 <5.1.8 · >=4.0.0 <4.2.5 · <3.1.3
- Fixed in
- 3.1.3, 4.2.5, 5.1.8, 6.2.2, 7.4.8, 8.0.6, 9.0.7, 10.2.3
minimatch ReDoS: nested *() extglobs generate catastrophically backtracking regular expressions
- Affected
- >=10.0.0 <10.2.3 · >=9.0.0 <9.0.7 · >=8.0.0 <8.0.6 · >=7.0.0 <7.4.8 · >=6.0.0 <6.2.2 · >=5.0.0 <5.1.8 · >=4.0.0 <4.2.5 · <3.1.4
- Fixed in
- 3.1.4, 4.2.5, 5.1.8, 6.2.2, 7.4.8, 8.0.6, 9.0.7, 10.2.3
minimatch has a ReDoS via repeated wildcards with non-matching literal in pattern
- Affected
- >=10.0.0 <10.2.1 · >=9.0.0 <9.0.6 · >=8.0.0 <8.0.5 · >=7.0.0 <7.4.7 · >=6.0.0 <6.2.1 · >=5.0.0 <5.1.7 · >=4.0.0 <4.2.4 · <3.1.3
- Fixed in
- 3.1.3, 4.2.4, 5.1.7, 6.2.1, 7.4.7, 8.0.5, 9.0.6, 10.2.1
minimatch ReDoS vulnerability
- Affected
- <3.0.5
- Fixed in
- 3.0.5
Regular Expression Denial of Service in minimatch
- Affected
- <3.0.2
- Fixed in
- 3.0.2
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Other minimatch versions
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