diff --git a/ext/standard/VmFsGlobPure.php b/ext/standard/VmFsGlobPure.php
index 2784858809f..93f0178a173 100644
--- a/ext/standard/VmFsGlobPure.php
+++ b/ext/standard/VmFsGlobPure.php
@@ -97,11 +97,9 @@ private static function globSingle(string $pattern, int $libcFlags, bool $onlyDi
         $matches = [];
         $skipDotEntries = '' !== $filePattern && '.' !== $filePattern[0];
         foreach ($entries as $entry) {
-            if ('.' === $entry || '..' === $entry) {
-                continue;
-            }
-            // php-src ext/standard/dir.c — omit dotfiles unless pattern explicitly requests them.
-            if ($skipDotEntries && isset($entry[0]) && '.' === $entry[0]) {
+            // php-src ext/standard/dir.c — omit dot entries unless pattern explicitly requests them.
+            if ($skipDotEntries && ('.' === $entry || '..' === $entry
+                || (isset($entry[0]) && '.' === $entry[0]))) {
                 continue;
             }
             if (!VmFnmatch::match($filePattern, $entry, self::fnmatchFlagsFromGlob($libcFlags))) {
diff --git a/test/compliance/cases/stdlib/glob_dot_entries.phpt b/test/compliance/cases/stdlib/glob_dot_entries.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c4c159c4efc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/compliance/cases/stdlib/glob_dot_entries.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--TEST--
+glob() dotfile pattern includes . and .. entries (#17456, ext/standard/dir.c)
+--FILE--
+<?php
+$tmp = sys_get_temp_dir();
+$matches = glob($tmp . '/.*');
+$dot = $tmp . '/.';
+$parent = $tmp . '/..';
+$ok = is_array($matches)
+    && in_array($dot, $matches, true)
+    && in_array($parent, $matches, true);
+echo $ok ? "ok\n" : "bad\n";
+$star = glob($tmp . '/*');
+$hasDot = is_array($star) && (in_array($dot, $star, true) || in_array($parent, $star, true));
+echo $hasDot ? "star_has_dot\n" : "star_ok\n";
+--EXPECT--
+ok
+star_ok
diff --git a/test/repro/maintainer_gap_glob_dot_entries.php b/test/repro/maintainer_gap_glob_dot_entries.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89d2f55fb17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/repro/maintainer_gap_glob_dot_entries.php
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+// Issue #17456 — glob('/tmp/.*') must include . and .. (php-src ext/standard/dir.c)
+$tmp = sys_get_temp_dir();
+$matches = glob($tmp . '/.*');
+$dot = $tmp . '/.';
+$parent = $tmp . '/..';
+$ok = is_array($matches)
+    && in_array($dot, $matches, true)
+    && in_array($parent, $matches, true);
+echo $ok ? "ok\n" : "bad\n";
diff --git a/test/unit/VmFsGlobTest.php b/test/unit/VmFsGlobTest.php
index 506b6ae2b64..aa70a6dd2f5 100644
--- a/test/unit/VmFsGlobTest.php
+++ b/test/unit/VmFsGlobTest.php
@@ -148,6 +148,23 @@ public function testVmFsGlobInvalidFlagsRejected(): void
         $this->assertFalse($result);
     }
 
+    /** Issue #17456 — glob('/dir/.*') includes . and .. when pattern requests dotfiles. */
+    public function testVmFsGlobDotPatternIncludesDotEntries(): void
+    {
+        $tmp = sys_get_temp_dir();
+        if (!is_dir($tmp)) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('sys_get_temp_dir() is not a directory');
+        }
+        $matches = \PHPCompiler\ext\standard\VmFsGlob::glob($tmp.'/.*');
+        $this->assertIsArray($matches);
+        $this->assertContains($tmp.'/.', $matches);
+        $this->assertContains($tmp.'/..', $matches);
+        $star = \PHPCompiler\ext\standard\VmFsGlob::glob($tmp.'/*');
+        $this->assertIsArray($star);
+        $this->assertNotContains($tmp.'/.', $star);
+        $this->assertNotContains($tmp.'/..', $star);
+    }
+
     /** Issue #14881 — absolute directory path without double leading slash. */
     public function testVmFsGlobAbsoluteDirNormalizesLeadingSlash(): void
     {