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CVE-2026-40468

🗓️ 13 Jul 2026 12:07:54Reported by CERT-PLType 
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🔗 web.nvd.nist.gov👁 110 Views

Heap buffer overflow in gawk risks memory exhaustion and heap corruption in version five four zero and earlier.

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ReporterTitlePublishedViews
Family
ibm
IBM Security Bulletins
Security Bulletin:Vulnerabilities exists in IBM Netezza Appliance
3 Nov 202616:08
–ibm
attackerkb
attackerkb
CVE-2026-40553
13 Jul 202612:07
–attackerkb
attackerkb
attackerkb
CVE-2026-40467
13 Jul 202612:07
–attackerkb
attackerkb
attackerkb
CVE-2026-40468
13 Jul 202612:07
–attackerkb
attackerkb
attackerkb
CVE-2026-40469
13 Jul 202612:07
–attackerkb
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Amazon Linux 2023 : gawk, gawk-all-langpacks, gawk-devel (ALAS2023-2026-2035)
4 Aug 202600:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus
Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0322: gawk (ALINUX3-SA-2026:0322)
29 Oct 202600:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus
AlmaLinux 10 : gawk (ALSA-2026:73429)
30 Sep 202600:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus
AlmaLinux 8 : gawk (ALSA-2026:73511)
1 Oct 202600:00
–nessus
nessus
Tenable Nessus
AlmaLinux 9 : gawk (ALSA-2026:73512)
30 Sep 202600:00
–nessus
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fossiesgawkRange≤5.4.0
[
  {
    "vendor": "GNU",
    "product": "gawk",
    "repo": "https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gawk.git/",
    "programFiles": [
      "builtin.c"
    ],
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThanOrEqual": "5.4.0",
        "versionType": "semver"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]

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24 Oct 2026 22:10Current
7.5High risk
Vulners AI Score7.5
CVSS 3.19.1
CVSS 42.1
EPSS0.00213
SSVC
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