Vulnerability in Pathwaycom Pathway
CVE-2026-59094
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.
EPSS: 0.005 (38.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Pathwaycom Pathway — versions 0, d09722eef03fd94bba701836eb4c7fbfa3d3b88e
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (patch)
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (technical-description, exploit)
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (issue-tracking)
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-59094?
- CVE-2026-59094 is a high-severity vulnerability in Pathwaycom Pathway, classified under Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-07-02.
- How severe is CVE-2026-59094?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.