CVE-2026-40467 (GCVE-0-2026-40467)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-13 12:07 – Updated: 2026-07-13 13:02 X_Open Source
VLAI
Title
Use after free in gawk
Summary
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 below.
Severity
5.1 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
GNU gawk Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.4.0 (semver)
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Date Public
2026-07-13 12:07
Credits
Michał Majchrowicz (AFINE) Marcin Wyczechowski (AFINE)
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