2 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/security-utils/src/main/java/com/yahoo/security/tls/policy/HostGlobPattern.java b/security-utils/src/main/java/com/yahoo/security/tls/policy/HostGlobPattern.java
index f667d832d9e..c7acf5dfbeb 100644
--- a/security-utils/src/main/java/com/yahoo/security/tls/policy/HostGlobPattern.java
+++ b/security-utils/src/main/java/com/yahoo/security/tls/policy/HostGlobPattern.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public class HostGlobPattern {
             } else if (c == '?') {
                 // Same applies for single chars; they should only match _within_ a dot boundary.
                 builder.append("[^.]");
-            } else if (isSpecialCharacter(c)){
+            } else if (isRegexMetaCharacter(c)){
                 builder.append("\\");
                 builder.append(c);
             } else {
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ public class HostGlobPattern {
         return Pattern.compile(builder.toString());
     }
 
-    private static boolean isSpecialCharacter(char c) {
-        return "\\.[]{}()<>*+-=?^$|".indexOf(c) != -1;
+    private static boolean isRegexMetaCharacter(char c) {
+        return "<([{\\^-=$!|]})?*+.>".indexOf(c) != -1; // note: includes '?' and '*'
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/security-utils/src/test/java/com/yahoo/security/tls/policy/HostGlobPatternTest.java b/security-utils/src/test/java/com/yahoo/security/tls/policy/HostGlobPatternTest.java
index d03ca14a728..ebec5605621 100644
--- a/security-utils/src/test/java/com/yahoo/security/tls/policy/HostGlobPatternTest.java
+++ b/security-utils/src/test/java/com/yahoo/security/tls/policy/HostGlobPatternTest.java
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ public class HostGlobPatternTest {
     }
 
     @Test
-    public void regex_special_characters_are_matched_as_literal_characters() {
-        assertTrue(globMatches("\\.[]{}()<>+-=^$|", "\\.[]{}()<>+-=^$|"));
+    public void other_regex_meta_characters_are_matched_as_literal_characters() {
+        assertTrue(globMatches("<([{\\^-=$!|]})+.>", "<([{\\^-=$!|]})+.>"));
     }
 
     private static boolean globMatches(String pattern, String value) {
         return new HostGlobPattern(pattern).matches(value);
     }
-}
-\ No newline at end of file
+}