ALSA-2026:73512
- Source
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-73512.html
- Import Source
- https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2026:73512.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2026:73512
- Related
- Published
- 2026-09-29T00:00:00Z
- Modified
- 2026-09-30T14:12:12Z
- 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: Buffer overflow in ftype() routine may lead to code execution or denial of service (CVE-2026-40553)
- 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
-
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73512
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40467
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40468
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40553
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2499655
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2499657
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2499658
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-73512.html
Affected packages
AlmaLinux:9 / gawk
Package
- Name
- gawk
- Purl
- pkg:rpm/almalinux/gawk