CVE-2026-6368
lowpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.001 · 1 %ileDEEUFREPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Calling wordexp with WRDE_APPEND in the GNU C Library version 2.0 to version 2.43 can cause the interface to return invalid memory in the we_wordv member, which on subsequent calls to wordfree may abort the process.
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affected products (8)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-2740GNU libc: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2026-08-10csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in GNU libc ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR
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references (7)
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- https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/glibc/Patchcnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34090cnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2026-0014;h=1e9a0039f07471ddfe6816e5df04875bec409f92;hb=HEADcnnvd
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34090enisa_euvd
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2026-0014;h=1e9a0039f07471ddfe6816e5df04875bec409f92;hb=HEADenisa_euvd
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34090nvd
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2026-0014;h=1e9a0039f07471ddfe6816e5df04875bec409f92;hb=HEADnvd
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