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check deps/minimatch

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Description

We should check for minimatch vulnerabilities since we have deps/minimatch.

FWIW Context for this was a discussion at Red Hat re. CVE-2026-26996 (which should be addressed by https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/61830).

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start by inspecting deps/minimatch and comparing its recorded dependency information with CVE-2026-26996 and the linked Node.js pull request. Done means determining whether the dependency is affected and updating the assessment accordingly.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
security
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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