Bug 2513608 (CVE-2026-6368) - CVE-2026-6368 glibc: glibc: Process abort due to invalid memory in wordexp
Summary: CVE-2026-6368 glibc: glibc: Process abort due to invalid memory in wordexp
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-6368
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2514487 2514488 2514489
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-08-10 19:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-15 12:27 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2026:80517 0 None None None 2026-10-12 01:43:43 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2026:80793 0 None None None 2026-10-12 11:34:56 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2026:82861 0 None None None 2026-10-14 10:39:32 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2026:83558 0 None None None 2026-10-15 12:27:57 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:79281 0 None None None 2026-10-08 19:13:13 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-10 19:01:47 UTC 
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.
Comment 2 Jon Orris 2026-10-08 19:13:11 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:79281 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:79281
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