Vulnerability · Published Oct 29, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-118773Glob: AbortSignal cancellation bypass allows post-timeout filesystem traversal

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity uncontrolled resource consumption in node-glob from isaacs. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 4.0)6.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 71.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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 packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Debian:12	node-glob	no fix listed	DEBIAN-CVE-2026-118773
Debian:13	node-glob	no fix listed	DEBIAN-CVE-2026-118773
Debian:14	node-glob	no fix listed	DEBIAN-CVE-2026-118773
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS	node-glob	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118773
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS	node-glob	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118773
Ubuntu:26.04:LTS	node-glob	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118773
Ubuntu:26.10	node-glob	no fix listed	UBUNTU-CVE-2026-118773
npm	glob	14.0.2	GHSA-3g3m-2fjr-6pw4

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
isaacs	node-glob	>= 9.0.0, < 14.0.2

Weakness: CWE-400 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://github.com/isaacs/node-glob/security/advisories/GHSA-3g3m-2fjr-6pw4 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/isaacs/node-glob/commit/4682e8c9babee1b385202ede36389634e12076d7 x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/isaacs/node-glob/releases/tag/v14.0.2 x_refsource_MISC