| Name | CVE-2026-6368 |
| Description | 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. |
| 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) |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| glibc (PTS) | bullseye | 2.31-13+deb11u11 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security) | 2.31-13+deb11u14 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm | 2.36-9+deb12u14 | vulnerable | |
| bookworm (security) | 2.36-9+deb12u7 | vulnerable | |
| trixie | 2.41-12+deb13u3 | vulnerable | |
| forky | 2.42-17 | vulnerable | |
| sid | 2.43-3 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| glibc | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) |
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34090
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2026-0014