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ALSA-2026:73429 — Moderate: gawk security update

Affected: AlmaLinux:10: gawk, AlmaLinux:10: gawk-all-langpacks

The gawk packages contain the GNU version of awk, a text processing utility. Awk interprets a special-purpose programming language to do quick and easy text pattern matching and reformatting jobs.

Security Fix(es):

* gawk: gawk: Memory corruption via integer overflow (CVE-2026-40468) * gawk: Gawk: Buffer overflow in ftype() routine may lead to code execution or denial of service (CVE-2026-40…

BELL-CVE-2026-40553

Affected: Alpaquita:23: gawk, Alpaquita:25: gawk, Alpaquita:stream: gawk, BellSoft Hardened Containers:23: gawk, BellSoft Hardened Containers:25: gawk, BellSoft Hardened Containers:stream: gawk

fkie_cve-2026-40553

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.

GHSA-3j4c-7g5m-7rg5

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.

msrc_CVE-2026-40553 — Stack-based buffer overflow in gawk

msrc_CVE-2026-40553

OESA-2026-3160 — gawk security update

Affected: openEuler:24.03-LTS-SP3: gawk

The gawk package is the GNU implementation of awk. The awk utility interprets a special-purpose programming language that makes it possible to handle simple data-reformatting jobs with just a few lines of code. Security Fix(es):

Use After Free vulnerability has been found in "io.c" program file of gawk (do_getline_redir() routine). This issue may lead to a crash. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and b…

RHSA-2026:40041 — Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs Security Update

gawk: gawk: Denial of Service due to Use After Free vulnerability in io.c gawk: gawk: Memory corruption via integer overflow gawk: gawk: Denial of Service due to integer overflow gawk: Gawk: Buffer overflow in ftype() routine may lead to code execution or denial of service

RLSA-2026:73429 — Moderate: gawk security update

Affected: Rocky Linux:10: gawk

The gawk packages contain the GNU version of awk, a text processing utility. Awk interprets a special-purpose programming language to do quick and easy text pattern matching and reformatting jobs.

Security Fix(es):

* gawk: gawk: Memory corruption via integer overflow (CVE-2026-40468)

* gawk: Gawk: Buffer overflow in ftype() routine may lead to code execution or denial of service (CVE-2026-40553)

* gawk: gawk: D…

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40553

Affected: Ubuntu:26.04:LTS: gawk

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.