JLSEC-2026-786

Source
https://github.com/JuliaLang/SecurityAdvisories.jl/blob/main/advisories/published/2026/JLSEC-2026-786.md
Import Source
https://github.com/JuliaLang/SecurityAdvisories.jl/tree/generated/osv/2026/JLSEC-2026-786.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/JLSEC-2026-786
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-40468
Published
2026-07-25T03:14:11.289Z
Modified
2026-07-25T03:30:03.700958956Z
Severity
  • 9.1 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • 2.1 (Low) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS Calculator
Summary
Integer overflow in gawk's `builtin.c` can cause buffer overflow and denial of service
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.

Database specific
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    "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
    "sources": [
        {
            "id": "CVE-2026-40468",
            "html_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40468",
            "imported": "2026-07-24T13:47:27.303Z",
            "url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2026-40468",
            "modified": "2026-07-14T01:12:11.343Z",
            "published": "2026-07-13T13:16:36.907Z",
            "database_specific": {
                "status": "Analyzed"
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References

Affected packages

Julia / gawk_jll

Package

Name
gawk_jll
Purl
pkg:julia/gawk_jll?uuid=054acbdd-7fbc-53f6-b51a-0fe4f8189fb8

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.4.1+0

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/JuliaLang/SecurityAdvisories.jl/tree/generated/osv/2026/JLSEC-2026-786.json"