JLSEC-2026-787

Source
https://github.com/JuliaLang/SecurityAdvisories.jl/blob/main/advisories/published/2026/JLSEC-2026-787.md
Import Source
https://github.com/JuliaLang/SecurityAdvisories.jl/tree/generated/osv/2026/JLSEC-2026-787.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/JLSEC-2026-787
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-40469
Published
2026-07-25T03:14:11.289Z
Modified
2026-07-25T03:30:03.667289875Z
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
  • 5.1 (Medium) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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 `do_sub()` can cause buffer overflow and denial of service
Details

Integer overflow vulnerability has been found in "builtin.c" program file of gawk (do_sub() routine). This issue could be used to overwrite gawk heap metadata and objects causing the program to crash. It affects 32-bit builds of gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.

Database specific
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    "sources": [
        {
            "imported": "2026-07-24T13:47:27.325Z",
            "modified": "2026-07-14T01:11:18.520Z",
            "published": "2026-07-13T13:16:37.033Z",
            "url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2026-40469",
            "html_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40469",
            "id": "CVE-2026-40469",
            "database_specific": {
                "status": "Analyzed"
            }
        }
    ],
    "license": "CC-BY-4.0"
}
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-2026-787.json"