> CVE-2026-40553 [MEDIUM]

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PUBLISHED
2026-07-13 13:16
MODIFIED
2026-07-13 13:16
CVSS_SCORE V3
5.1
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
0.29%
Top 78.4%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD đź”— 2026-07-13 CWE MITRE đź”— 2026-11-01 FIRST EPSS đź”— 2026-11-01 OSV đź”— 2026-11-02 MSRC đź”— 2026-11-02

> DESCRIPTION

Buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in "extension/readdir.c" program file of gawk (ftype() routine). This issue could be used to crash the program and potentially to achieve code execution, although the latter has not been confirmed to be feasible. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

ℹ️ Aucun produit affecté n'a encore été publié par NVD pour cette CVE.

> CVSS V3 METRICS

CVSS_VECTOR
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/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

> MÉTRIQUES CVSS DÉTAILLÉES

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/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
Métrique Valeur Interprétation
AV (Vecteur d'Attaque)
Attack Vector
Local (L)
Exploit nécessite un accès local au système
AC (Complexité d'Attaque)
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Peu de conditions requises pour exploiter
PR (Privilèges Requis)
Privileges Required
None (N)
Aucune authentification requise
UI (Interaction Utilisateur)
User Interaction
None (N)
Aucune interaction utilisateur nécessaire
S (Périmètre)
Scope
Unchanged (U)
Impact reste dans le périmètre du composant compromis
C (Impact Confidentialité)
Confidentiality Impact
None (N)
Aucune divulgation d'informations
I (Impact Intégrité)
Integrity Impact
Low (L)
Modification limitée des données possible
A (Impact Disponibilité)
Availability Impact
Low (L)
Interruption partielle du service possible

> RÉSUMÉ DES IMPACTS

Confidentialité
None
Aucune divulgation d'informations
Intégrité
Low
Modification limitée des données possible
Disponibilité
Low
Interruption partielle du service possible

> WEAKNESSES

CWE-121

> CWE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow - The product writes past the end of a buffer that was allocated on the stack.

> RED HAT SECURITY ADVISORIES

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update
An update for Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs is now available.
Red Hat Security Advisory: gawk security update
An update for gawk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS...
Red Hat Security Advisory: gawk security update
An update for gawk is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVS...
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Cost Management On-Premise container image update
Updated container image for Red Hat Cost Management On-Premise is now available.
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5.3 security update
The latest release of Red Hat Update Infrastructure. For more details, see the product documentation.

> OSV (GOOGLE OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILITIES)

Stack-based buffer overflow in gawk

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
Unknown / Unknown

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
13/07/2026 13:16
Source: NVD
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 01/11/2026 06:59
CWE
Champ modifié: Description CWE
Ancienne valeur:
CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow - A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a para...
Nouvelle valeur:
CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow - The product writes past the end of a buffer that was allocated on the stack.
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 01/08/2026 06:01
CWE
Champ modifié: Description CWE
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow - A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a para...
Total des modifications: 2 Dernière mise à jour: 5 days ago

> REFERENCES

https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/07/CVE-2026-40467
https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gawk.git/commit/?id=cca0366144336b49aaa7d...
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