🛡️ CVE-2025-64756 on npm (Root.io) — glob

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-64756 as tracked by npm (Root.io), for the package glob. The fix is available in version 10.4.2-root.io.4; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
• Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
• Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
• User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2025-64756 is classified as CWE-78: OS Command Injection. Untrusted input reaches a shell command without neutralisation, so an attacker can run arbitrary operating system commands.

Affected software

ROOT-APP-NPM-CVE-2025-64756 is recorded against 2 packages.

• @rootio/glob (fixed in 10.4.2-root.io.4)
• glob (fixed in 10.4.2-aikido.4)

Timeline and source

Published on 16 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-78: OS Command Injection) in other software:

• CVE-2023-49900 (9.8 Critical, published 16 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-0815 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-5002 (6.0 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2021-21386 (9.5 Critical, published 29 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2022-38649 (9.8 Critical, published 29 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2022-40189 (9.8 Critical, published 29 Jun 2026)
• CVE-2022-45899 (6.5 Medium, published 8 May 2026)
• CVE-2022-50994 (8.1 High, published 8 May 2026)

CVE-2025-64756 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

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