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
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Depends On: 2514487 2514488 2514489
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Reported: 2026-08-10 19:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-26 12:19 UTC (History)
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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.
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