| Name | CVE-2026-40553 |
| Description | Buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in "extension/readdir.c" ... |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| gawk (PTS) | bullseye | 1:5.1.0-1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm, trixie | 1:5.2.1-2 | vulnerable |
| forky, sid | 1:5.3.2-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| gawk | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | |
Notes
Fixed by: https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/gawk.git/commit/?id=cca0366144336b49aaa7d5d949966ce8e2c70843