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CVE-2026-40553HIGHCVSS 7.5

CVE-2026-40553

Published Jul 13, 2026·Updated Jul 14, 2026

NVD Description

Buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in "extension/readdir.c" program file of gawk (ftype() routine). This issue could be used to crash the program and potentially to achieve code execution, although the latter has not been confirmed to be feasible. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.

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