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.
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"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",
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