CVE-2026-59094 | Pathway through 0.31.1, fixed in commit d09722e, document st… | CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Description

Pathway through 0.31.1, fixed in commit d09722e, document store applies a caller-supplied glob pattern to indexed document paths using a hand-written recursive matcher that branches two ways on each ** token without memoization, giving exponential worst-case complexity. The filepath_globpattern value is taken from the body of the unauthenticated HTTP endpoints /v1/retrieve, /v1/inputs and /v2/answer and compiled into a filter evaluated once per indexed document, with no length or **-count limit. A remote unauthenticated attacker can submit a short pattern containing many ** tokens to consume CPU for tens of seconds per request, and a small number of requests denies service.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-59094
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 2026-07-02 15:38 UTC
Published: 2026-07-02 19:40 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-02 19:40 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-407
Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity
Vendor / Product: pathwaycom / pathway
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

7.5 HIGH CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
pathwaycom	pathway	—	0 ≤ 0.31.1, d09722eef03fd94bba701836eb4c7fbfa3d3b88e

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-407	cna	Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity

CVSS scores (2)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
8.7	HIGH	4.0	cna	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
7.5	HIGH	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References (4)