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Medium · 6.3 CVE-2026-118773 EUVD-2026-113329GHSA-3g3m-2fjr-6pw4

Glob: AbortSignal cancellation bypass allows post-timeout filesystem traversal

Published Oct 29, 2026 · Updated Oct 30, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
isaacs node-glob >= 9.0.0, < 14.0.2 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 node-glob No fix yet —
Debian 13 node-glob No fix yet —
Debian 12 node-glob No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 node-glob No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS node-glob No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS node-glob No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS node-glob No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS node-glob No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS node-glob No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS node-glob No fix yet —
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS node-glob No fix yet —

Wolfi

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Wolfi rolling langfuse-3-worker 3.227.0-r1 —
Wolfi rolling lerna 10.1.2-r1 —
Wolfi rolling npm-12 No fix yet —
Wolfi rolling prism 5.16.0-r24 —
Wolfi rolling pulumi-language-nodejs 3.273.0-r1 —
Wolfi rolling renovate 44.198.3-r1 —
Wolfi rolling tileserver-gl 5.7.0-r2 —
Wolfi rolling ts-patch 4.0.1-r49 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
npm glob >= 9.0.0, < 14.0.2 14.0.2 GHSA-3g3m-2fjr-6pw4

References