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CVE-2026-118764VulnerabilityPublished

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-118764· Medium 6.9

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.9 Medium : upgrade Red Hat minimatch to 11.0.1 when convenient.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026, 04:45 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
6.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (GitHub_M)CVSS 4.06.9
Patch
Available – fixed in 11.0.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 29 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade minimatch to 11.0.1.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
isaacsminimatchAffected
  • <11.0.1
Fixed in
  • 11.0.1
npmminimatchpkg:npm/minimatchOther threatsAffected
  • <11.0.1
Fixed in
  • 11.0.1

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated RPM packages for nodejs22 and related components that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply these updates as detailed in the Red Hat advisory at https://images.redhat.com/. No alternative mitigations or workarounds are specified. Applying the official update fully mitigates the issue.

Description

A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the minimatch component used in Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs. An attacker can supply a specially crafted glob pattern that triggers excessive CPU and memory consumption during pattern compilation, leading to resource exhaustion. This issue is tracked as CVE-2026-118764 and affects the nodejs22 packages in Red Hat Hardened Images. A security update containing fixed RPMs has been released by Red Hat.

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