> CVE-2026-6368 [LOW]

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PUBLISHED
2026-08-10 19:17
MODIFIED
2026-08-10 19:17
CVSS_SCORE V3
2.1
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
0.11%
Top 98.9%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD 🔗 2026-08-10 RED HAT 🔗 2026-08-16 CWE MITRE 🔗 2026-11-01 FIRST EPSS 🔗 2026-10-25 OSV 🔗 2026-08-17 MSRC 🔗 2026-11-02

> DESCRIPTION

Calling wordexp with WRDE_APPEND in the GNU C Library version 2.0 to version 2.43 can cause the interface to return invalid memory in the we_wordv member, which on subsequent calls to wordfree may abort the process.

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

Red Hat - Red Hat Hardened Images
Version: 2.43

> CVSS V3 METRICS

CVSS_VECTOR
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/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:P/AU:Y/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Green

> MÉTRIQUES CVSS DÉTAILLÉES

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/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:P/AU:Y/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Green
Métrique Valeur Interprétation
AV (Vecteur d'Attaque)
Attack Vector
Local (L)
Exploit nécessite un accès local au système
AC (Complexité d'Attaque)
Attack Complexity
High (H)
Conditions spécifiques doivent être réunies 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
Low (L)
Divulgation limitée 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
Low
Divulgation limitée d'informations
Intégrité
Low
Modification limitée des données possible
Disponibilité
Low
Interruption partielle du service possible

> WEAKNESSES

CWE-908

> CWE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

CWE-908: Use of Uninitialized Resource - The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.

> RED HAT SECURITY ADVISORIES

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
An update for Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs is now available.
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Red Hat Security Advisory: glibc security, bug fix, and enhancement update
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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.

> RED HAT SEVERITY ASSESSMENT

THREAT SEVERITY
Moderate

> OSV (GOOGLE OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILITIES)

wordexp with WRDE_APPEND can return or use invalid memory

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
Unknown / Unknown
1241 versions affected

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
10/08/2026 19:17
Source: NVD
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 01/09/2026 06:02
CWE
Champ modifié: Description CWE
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
CWE-908: Use of Uninitialized Resource - The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 16/08/2026 05:01
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Moderate", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 16/08/2026 05:01
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
Non
Nouvelle valeur:
Oui
Total des modifications: 3 Dernière mise à jour: 2 months ago

> REFERENCES

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34090
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2026-0014;h...
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