{"id":"ALSA-2026:73512","summary":"Moderate: gawk security update","details":"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.  \n\nSecurity Fix(es):  \n\n  * gawk: gawk: Memory corruption via integer overflow (CVE-2026-40468)\n  * gawk: Gawk: Buffer overflow in ftype() routine may lead to code execution or denial of service (CVE-2026-40553)\n  * gawk: gawk: Denial of Service due to Use After Free vulnerability in io.c (CVE-2026-40467)\n\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n","modified":"2026-09-30T14:12:12.305033228Z","published":"2026-09-29T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2026-40467","CVE-2026-40468","CVE-2026-40553"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:73512"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40467"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40468"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40553"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2499655"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2499657"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2499658"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2026-73512.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gawk","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/gawk"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.0-6.el9_8.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2026:73512.json"}},{"package":{"name":"gawk-all-langpacks","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:9","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/gawk-all-langpacks"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.1.0-6.el9_8.1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux9/ALSA-2026:73512.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}