CVE-2026-33672
March 26, 2026
Impact picomatch is vulnerable to a method injection vulnerability (CWE-1321) affecting the "POSIX_REGEX_SOURCE" object. Because the object inherits from "Object.prototype", specially crafted POSIX bracket expressions (e.g., "[[:constructor:]]") can reference inherited method names. These methods are implicitly converted to strings and injected into the generated regular expression. This leads to incorrect glob matching behavior (integrity impact), where patterns may match unintended filenames. The issue does not enable remote code execution, but it can cause security-relevant logic errors in applications that rely on glob matching for filtering, validation, or access control. All users of affected "picomatch" versions that process untrusted or user-controlled glob patterns are potentially impacted. Patches This issue is fixed in picomatch 4.0.4, 3.0.2 and 2.3.2. Users should upgrade to one of these versions or later, depending on their supported release line. Workarounds If upgrading is not immediately possible, avoid passing untrusted glob patterns to picomatch. Possible mitigations include: - Sanitizing or rejecting untrusted glob patterns, especially those containing POSIX character classes like "[[:...:]]". - Avoiding the use of POSIX bracket expressions if user input is involved. - Manually patching the library by modifying "POSIX_REGEX_SOURCE" to use a null prototype: const POSIX_REGEX_SOURCE = { proto: null, alnum: 'a-zA-Z0-9', alpha: 'a-zA-Z', // ... rest unchanged }; Resources - fix for similar issue: https://github.com/micromatch/picomatch/pull/144 - picomatch repository https://github.com/micromatch/picomatch
Affected Packages
https://github.com/micromatch/picomatch.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.1 <2.3.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.3.2https://github.com/micromatch/picomatch.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=3.0.0 <3.0.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.0.2https://github.com/micromatch/picomatch.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=4.0.1 <4.0.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.0.4picomatch (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=4.0.0 <4.0.4Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 4.0.4picomatch (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0 <2.3.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.3.2picomatch (NPM):
Affected version(s) >=3.0.0 <3.0.2Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 3.0.2Related ResourcesĀ (3)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improperly Controlled Modification of Object Prototype Attributes ('Prototype Pollution')