Security Trust Report: minimatch

[email protected]: 65/100 | Grade: B | Tier: STANDARD (confidence: ±3)

Data verified on 2026-04-02 from 8 security databases.

TL;DR

• 1 vulnerability found (1 critical, 0 high)
• Consider switching to picomatch (Faster, no ReDoS vulnerability)
• Pin your version and monitor for changes

Score Breakdown

Maintainer Trust:  ███████████████░░░░░ 74/100
Package Health:    ██████████████████░░ 88/100
Supply Chain:      ███████░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 37/100
Community:         ██████████░░░░░░░░░░ 49/100

Why this score?

• Supply Chain is 37 because: 1 known CVEs, in breach database
• Community is 49 because: no GitHub repo found

Vulnerabilities (1 vulnerability)

| Severity | Count | |----------|-------| | 🔴 Critical | 1 |

• CVE-2022-3517

Key Risk Flags

• 🔴 CRITICAL: HISTORICAL BREACH: ReDoS vulnerability CVE-2022-3517 (2022)
• 🔴 CRITICAL: 1 CRITICAL vulnerability(ies) from live CVE databases
• 🟠 HIGH: Maintainer(s) removed in v9.0.5: isaacs
• 🟠 HIGH: Burst publishing detected — 5+ versions in a single day

🛠️ What Should You Do?

Immediate:

• Upgrade to the latest version (npm update minimatch)
• Or replace with picomatch

Always: Pin version, run pkgtrust scan in CI, monitor at nrupak.com/trust/minimatch

🔄 Safer Alternatives

| Package | Why | Trust Report | |---------|-----|-------------| | picomatch | Faster, no ReDoS vulnerability | View score | | micromatch | Feature-rich glob matching | View score |

Maintainers

• isaacs ✅ 2FA (org)

Methodology: 18+ signals across 4 categories (Maintainer 35%, Package 25%, Supply Chain 25%, Community 15%). Full scoring docs →

Check your project: npm i -g @cyberhub/pkgtrust && pkgtrust scan minimatch — CLI docs Data Sources: GitHub Advisories · OSV.dev · npm audit · Snyk · Socket.dev · npms.io · Bundlephobia · deps.dev

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This is an automated security report. Not affiliated with the minimatch team. Updated 2026-04-02.