# CVE-2026-59094

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2026-59094
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 8.7 (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)
- **CWE:** CWE-407
- **Published:** Jul 2, 2026
- **Last Modified:** Jul 14, 2026

## 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.

## Affected Products

- pathwaycom — pathway (0)
- pathwaycom — pathway (d09722eef03fd94bba701836eb4c7fbfa3d3b88e)

## References

- [CNA](https://github.com/pathwaycom/pathway/issues/241)
- [CNA](https://github.com/pathwaycom/pathway/pull/250)
- [CNA](https://github.com/pathwaycom/pathway/commit/d09722eef03fd94bba701836eb4c7fbfa3d3b88e)
- [CNA](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/pathway-unauthenticated-denial-of-service-via-exponential-glob-pattern-matching-in-document-store)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.79%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 54.2

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-11._