DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40468

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-40468
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40468.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40468
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-40468
Published
2026-07-13T21:48:19.040510537Z
Modified
2026-07-14T05:00:29.886278068Z
Summary
[none]
Details

Integer overflow vulnerability has been found in "builtin.c" program file of gawk. This issue may lead to memory exhaustion on the hosting operating system and could be used to overwrite gawk heap metadata and objects with attacker-controlled bytes. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / gawk

Package

Name
gawk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gawk?arch=source&distro=bullseye

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*
1:5.1.0-1
1:5.2.1-1
1:5.2.1-2
1:5.3.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40468.json"

Debian:12 / gawk

Package

Name
gawk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gawk?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*
1:5.2.1-2
1:5.3.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40468.json"

Debian:13 / gawk

Package

Name
gawk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gawk?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*
1:5.2.1-2
1:5.3.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40468.json"

Debian:14 / gawk

Package

Name
gawk
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/gawk?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1:5.*
1:5.2.1-2
1:5.3.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-40468.json"