Bug 2499657 (CVE-2026-40553)
| Summary: | CVE-2026-40553 gawk: Gawk: Buffer overflow in ftype() routine may lead to code execution or denial of service | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | rhel-process-autobot, watson-tool-maintainers |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Security |
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| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | --- | |
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A flaw was found in gawk. A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the `ftype()` routine, located in the `extension/readdir.c` program file. This vulnerability could allow an attacker to crash the program, resulting in a denial of service. It may also potentially lead to arbitrary code execution, though this has not been definitively confirmed.
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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| Bug Depends On: | 2510603 | ||
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Description
OSIDB Bzimport
2026-07-13 13:01:54 UTC
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