@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ The following options may be used with the main `picomatch()` function or any of
 | `literalBrackets`     | `boolean`      | `undefined` | When `true`, brackets in the glob pattern will be escaped so that only literal brackets will be matched. |
 | `matchBase`           | `boolean`      | `false`     | Alias for `basename` |
 | `maxLength`           | `number`      | `65536`     | Limit the max length of the input string. An error is thrown if the input string is longer than this value. |
+| `maxExtglobRecursion` | `number\|boolean` | `0` | Limit nested quantified extglobs and other risky repeated extglob forms. When the limit is exceeded, the extglob is treated as a literal string instead of being compiled to regex. Set to `false` to disable this safeguard. |
 | `nobrace`             | `boolean`      | `false`     | Disable brace matching, so that `{a,b}` and `{1..3}` would be treated as literal characters. |
 | `nobracket`           | `boolean`      | `undefined` | Disable matching with regex brackets. |
 | `nocase`              | `boolean`      | `false`     | Make matching case-insensitive. Equivalent to the regex `i` flag. Note that this option is overridden by the `flags` option. |
@@ -318,6 +319,13 @@ console.log(pm.isMatch('foo.bar', '!(foo).!(bar)')); // false
 
 // supports nested extglobs
 console.log(pm.isMatch('foo.bar', '!(!(foo)).!(!(bar))')); // true
+
+// risky quantified extglobs are treated literally by default
+console.log(pm.makeRe('+(a|aa)'));
+//=> /^(?:\+\(a\|aa\))$/
+
+// increase the limit to allow a small amount of nested quantified extglobs
+console.log(pm.isMatch('aaa', '+(+(a))', { maxExtglobRecursion: 1 })); // true
 ```
 
 #### POSIX brackets
 
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ The following options may be used with the main `picomatch()` function or any of
 | `literalBrackets`     | `boolean`      | `undefined` | When `true`, brackets in the glob pattern will be escaped so that only literal brackets will be matched. |
 | `matchBase`           | `boolean`      | `false`     | Alias for `basename` |
 | `maxLength`           | `number`      | `65536`     | Limit the max length of the input string. An error is thrown if the input string is longer than this value. |
+| `maxExtglobRecursion` | `number\|boolean` | `0` | Limit nested quantified extglobs and other risky repeated extglob forms. When the limit is exceeded, the extglob is treated as a literal string instead of being compiled to regex. Set to `false` to disable this safeguard. |
 | `nobrace`             | `boolean`      | `false`     | Disable brace matching, so that `{a,b}` and `{1..3}` would be treated as literal characters. |
 | `nobracket`           | `boolean`      | `undefined` | Disable matching with regex brackets. |
 | `nocase`              | `boolean`      | `false`     | Make matching case-insensitive. Equivalent to the regex `i` flag. Note that this option is overridden by the `flags` option. |
@@ -554,6 +555,13 @@ console.log(pm.isMatch('foo.bar', '!(foo).!(bar)')); // false
 
 // supports nested extglobs
 console.log(pm.isMatch('foo.bar', '!(!(foo)).!(!(bar))')); // true
+
+// risky quantified extglobs are treated literally by default
+console.log(pm.makeRe('+(a|aa)'));
+//=> /^(?:\+\(a\|aa\))$/
+
+// increase the limit to allow a small amount of nested quantified extglobs
+console.log(pm.isMatch('aaa', '+(+(a))', { maxExtglobRecursion: 1 })); // true
 ```
 
 #### POSIX brackets
 
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 const WIN_SLASH = '\\\\/';
 const WIN_NO_SLASH = `[^${WIN_SLASH}]`;
 
+const DEFAULT_MAX_EXTGLOB_RECURSION = 0;
+
 /**
  * Posix glob regex
  */
@@ -86,6 +88,7 @@ const POSIX_REGEX_SOURCE = {
 };
 
 module.exports = {
+  DEFAULT_MAX_EXTGLOB_RECURSION,
   MAX_LENGTH: 1024 * 64,
   POSIX_REGEX_SOURCE,
 
 
@@ -45,6 +45,277 @@ const syntaxError = (type, char) => {
   return `Missing ${type}: "${char}" - use "\\\\${char}" to match literal characters`;
 };
 
+const splitTopLevel = input => {
+  const parts = [];
+  let bracket = 0;
+  let paren = 0;
+  let quote = 0;
+  let value = '';
+  let escaped = false;
+
+  for (const ch of input) {
+    if (escaped === true) {
+      value += ch;
+      escaped = false;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (ch === '\\') {
+      value += ch;
+      escaped = true;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (ch === '"') {
+      quote = quote === 1 ? 0 : 1;
+      value += ch;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (quote === 0) {
+      if (ch === '[') {
+        bracket++;
+      } else if (ch === ']' && bracket > 0) {
+        bracket--;
+      } else if (bracket === 0) {
+        if (ch === '(') {
+          paren++;
+        } else if (ch === ')' && paren > 0) {
+          paren--;
+        } else if (ch === '|' && paren === 0) {
+          parts.push(value);
+          value = '';
+          continue;
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    value += ch;
+  }
+
+  parts.push(value);
+  return parts;
+};
+
+const isPlainBranch = branch => {
+  let escaped = false;
+
+  for (const ch of branch) {
+    if (escaped === true) {
+      escaped = false;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (ch === '\\') {
+      escaped = true;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (/[?*+@!()[\]{}]/.test(ch)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return true;
+};
+
+const normalizeSimpleBranch = branch => {
+  let value = branch.trim();
+  let changed = true;
+
+  while (changed === true) {
+    changed = false;
+
+    if (/^@\([^\\()[\]{}|]+\)$/.test(value)) {
+      value = value.slice(2, -1);
+      changed = true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (!isPlainBranch(value)) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  return value.replace(/\\(.)/g, '$1');
+};
+
+const hasRepeatedCharPrefixOverlap = branches => {
+  const values = branches.map(normalizeSimpleBranch).filter(Boolean);
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
+    for (let j = i + 1; j < values.length; j++) {
+      const a = values[i];
+      const b = values[j];
+      const char = a[0];
+
+      if (!char || a !== char.repeat(a.length) || b !== char.repeat(b.length)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (a === b || a.startsWith(b) || b.startsWith(a)) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  return false;
+};
+
+const parseRepeatedExtglob = (pattern, requireEnd = true) => {
+  if ((pattern[0] !== '+' && pattern[0] !== '*') || pattern[1] !== '(') {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  let bracket = 0;
+  let paren = 0;
+  let quote = 0;
+  let escaped = false;
+
+  for (let i = 1; i < pattern.length; i++) {
+    const ch = pattern[i];
+
+    if (escaped === true) {
+      escaped = false;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (ch === '\\') {
+      escaped = true;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (ch === '"') {
+      quote = quote === 1 ? 0 : 1;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (quote === 1) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (ch === '[') {
+      bracket++;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (ch === ']' && bracket > 0) {
+      bracket--;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (bracket > 0) {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (ch === '(') {
+      paren++;
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    if (ch === ')') {
+      paren--;
+
+      if (paren === 0) {
+        if (requireEnd === true && i !== pattern.length - 1) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        return {
+          type: pattern[0],
+          body: pattern.slice(2, i),
+          end: i
+        };
+      }
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+const getStarExtglobSequenceOutput = pattern => {
+  let index = 0;
+  const chars = [];
+
+  while (index < pattern.length) {
+    const match = parseRepeatedExtglob(pattern.slice(index), false);
+
+    if (!match || match.type !== '*') {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const branches = splitTopLevel(match.body).map(branch => branch.trim());
+    if (branches.length !== 1) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const branch = normalizeSimpleBranch(branches[0]);
+    if (!branch || branch.length !== 1) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    chars.push(branch);
+    index += match.end + 1;
+  }
+
+  if (chars.length < 1) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const source = chars.length === 1
+    ? utils.escapeRegex(chars[0])
+    : `[${chars.map(ch => utils.escapeRegex(ch)).join('')}]`;
+
+  return `${source}*`;
+};
+
+const repeatedExtglobRecursion = pattern => {
+  let depth = 0;
+  let value = pattern.trim();
+  let match = parseRepeatedExtglob(value);
+
+  while (match) {
+    depth++;
+    value = match.body.trim();
+    match = parseRepeatedExtglob(value);
+  }
+
+  return depth;
+};
+
+const analyzeRepeatedExtglob = (body, options) => {
+  if (options.maxExtglobRecursion === false) {
+    return { risky: false };
+  }
+
+  const max =
+    typeof options.maxExtglobRecursion === 'number'
+      ? options.maxExtglobRecursion
+      : constants.DEFAULT_MAX_EXTGLOB_RECURSION;
+
+  const branches = splitTopLevel(body).map(branch => branch.trim());
+
+  if (branches.length > 1) {
+    if (
+      branches.some(branch => branch === '') ||
+      branches.some(branch => /^[*?]+$/.test(branch)) ||
+      hasRepeatedCharPrefixOverlap(branches)
+    ) {
+      return { risky: true };
+    }
+  }
+
+  for (const branch of branches) {
+    const safeOutput = getStarExtglobSequenceOutput(branch);
+    if (safeOutput) {
+      return { risky: true, safeOutput };
+    }
+
+    if (repeatedExtglobRecursion(branch) > max) {
+      return { risky: true };
+    }
+  }
+
+  return { risky: false };
+};
+
 /**
  * Parse the given input string.
  * @param {String} input
@@ -225,6 +496,8 @@ const parse = (input, options) => {
     token.prev = prev;
     token.parens = state.parens;
     token.output = state.output;
+    token.startIndex = state.index;
+    token.tokensIndex = tokens.length;
     const output = (opts.capture ? '(' : '') + token.open;
 
     increment('parens');
@@ -234,6 +507,34 @@ const parse = (input, options) => {
   };
 
   const extglobClose = token => {
+    const literal = input.slice(token.startIndex, state.index + 1);
+    const body = input.slice(token.startIndex + 2, state.index);
+    const analysis = analyzeRepeatedExtglob(body, opts);
+
+    if ((token.type === 'plus' || token.type === 'star') && analysis.risky) {
+      const safeOutput = analysis.safeOutput
+        ? (token.output ? '' : ONE_CHAR) + (opts.capture ? `(${analysis.safeOutput})` : analysis.safeOutput)
+        : undefined;
+      const open = tokens[token.tokensIndex];
+
+      open.type = 'text';
+      open.value = literal;
+      open.output = safeOutput || utils.escapeRegex(literal);
+
+      for (let i = token.tokensIndex + 1; i < tokens.length; i++) {
+        tokens[i].value = '';
+        tokens[i].output = '';
+        delete tokens[i].suffix;
+      }
+
+      state.output = token.output + open.output;
+      state.backtrack = true;
+
+      push({ type: 'paren', extglob: true, value, output: '' });
+      decrement('parens');
+      return;
+    }
+
     let output = token.close + (opts.capture ? ')' : '');
     let rest;