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CVE-2026-6368
Published:August 10, 2026
Updated:September 01, 2026
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.
Related Resources (6)
https://sourceware.org/glibc/
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34090
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6368
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2026-0014;h=1e9a0039f07471ddfe6816e5df04875bec409f92;hb=HEAD
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git
https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/6xxx/CVE-2026-6368.json
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
2.1
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
LOW
Vulnerable System Integrity
LOW
Vulnerable System Availability
LOW
Subsequent System Confidentiality
LOW
Subsequent System Integrity
LOW
Subsequent System Availability
LOW
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.6
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
LOW
Weakness Type (CWE)
Use of Uninitialized Resource
CWE-908
EPSS
Base Score:
0.11