MiracleLinux 9 : glibc-2.34-272.el9_8 (AXSA:2026-1432:09)

The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the AXSA:2026-1432:09 advisory. glibc: glibc: Heap Buffer Overflow in scanf with %mc format specifier and large width CVE-2026-5450 Tenable has extracted the preceding description block...

RLSA-2026:33226 Moderate: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update

The glibc packages provide the standard C libraries libc, POSIX thread libraries libpthread, standard math libraries libm, and the name service cache daemon nscd used by multiple programs on the system. Without these libraries, the Linux system cannot function correctly. Security Fixes: glibc:...

RockyLinux 9 : glibc (RLSA-2026:33226)

The remote RockyLinux 9 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:33226 advisory. glibc: glibc: Heap Buffer Overflow in scanf with %mc format specifier and large width CVE-2026-5450 Bug Fixes and Enhancements: glibc: counter overflow in...

CVE-2026-5450

The GNU C Library (glibc) versions 2.7 to 2.43 are vulnerable to a one-byte heap buffer overflow (CWE-122) when using the scanf family of functions with a %mc (malloc'd character match) format specifier and an explicit width greater than 1024 . This vulnerability is present in multiple products, ...