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Affected Component
Analysis
gawk
Patched
Name
CVE-2026-40553
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.
CWEs
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
-
Analysis#
Vulnerability Ratings#
5.1
CVSSv4
7.5
CVSSv31
NaN
other
Others affected components#
Resolved with patches#
gawk (yocto:scarthgap)
#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
Small fix in extension/readdir.c.
"Arnold D. Robbins" <arnold@skeeve.com>
CVE-2026-40553
2
Avoid buffer overflow in extension/readdir.c.
"Arnold D. Robbins" <arnold@skeeve.com>
CVE-2026-40553