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CVE-2026-40468
CRITICAL
DETAIL
SourceNVD · cve
Published2026-07-13
CVSS9.1
Referencehttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40468 ↗
SHAME 35/100
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.
▸ RECOMMENDED ACTION Critical severity — schedule patching of the affected products.
PLAYERS IMPLICATED
DESCRIPTION
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.
AFFECTED FEDRAMP PRODUCTS · 0
No correlated FedRAMP products.