ALSA-2026:73511

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Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2026:73511.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2026:73511
Related
Published
2026-09-29T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-10-01T17:26:51Z
Summary
Moderate: gawk security update
Details

The gawk packages contain the GNU version of awk, a text processing utility. Awk interprets a special-purpose programming language to do quick and easy text pattern matching and reformatting jobs.

Security Fix(es):

  • gawk: gawk: Memory corruption via integer overflow (CVE-2026-40468)
  • gawk: gawk: Denial of Service due to Use After Free vulnerability in io.c (CVE-2026-40467)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 / gawk

Package

Name
gawk
Purl
pkg:rpm/almalinux/gawk

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4.2.1-5.el8_10

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2026:73511.json"