CVE-2026-40467

Use after free in gawk

CVE-2026-40467 is fixed in 6 products on 1 platform, first by gawk 1:5.3.2-1ubuntu1.1, released July 13, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.2
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0021
11th percentile

Use After Free vulnerability has been found in "io.c" program file of gawk (do_getline_redir() routine). This issue may lead to a crash. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
gawk · RHEL 10 5.3.0-6.el10_2.1 RHSA-2026:73429 Jul 13, 2026
gawk · RHEL 8 0:4.2.1-5.el8_10 RHSA-2026:73511 Oct 2, 2026
gawk · RHEL 9 0:5.1.0-6.el9_8.1 RHSA-2026:73512 Sep 30, 2026
gawk · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:4.1.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 gawk 1:4.1.4+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1~esm2 Jul 24, 2026
gawk · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1:5.0.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 gawk 1:5.0.1+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 Jul 24, 2026
gawk · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1:5.1.0-1ubuntu0.2 gawk 1:5.1.0-1ubuntu0.2 Jul 24, 2026
gawk · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 1:5.2.1-2ubuntu0.1 gawk 1:5.2.1-2ubuntu0.1 Jul 24, 2026
gawk · Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS (resolute) 1:5.3.2-1ubuntu1.1 gawk 1:5.3.2-1ubuntu1.1 Jul 13, 2026
gawk · almalinux 10 5.3.0-6.el10_2.1 ALSA-2026:73429 Sep 29, 2026
gawk · almalinux 8 4.2.1-5.el8_10 ALSA-2026:73511 Sep 29, 2026
gawk · almalinux 9 5.1.0-6.el9_8.1 ALSA-2026:73512 Sep 29, 2026
gawk · amzn 2023 5.1.0-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2026-2035 Aug 3, 2026
gawk · ol 10 0:5.3.0-6.el10_2.1 ELSA-2026-73429 Sep 30, 2026
gawk · ol 8 0:4.2.1-5.el8_10 ELSA-2026-73511 Sep 30, 2026
gawk · ol 9 0:5.1.0-6.el9_8.1 ELSA-2026-73512 Sep 30, 2026
gawk · opensuse-leap 16.0 5.3.2-160000.3.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21393-1 Jul 20, 2026
gawk · rocky 10 0:5.3.0-6.el10_2.1 RLSA-2026:73429 Sep 30, 2026
gawk · rocky 8 0:4.2.1-5.el8_10 RLSA-2026:73511 Oct 2, 2026
gawk · rocky 9 0:5.1.0-6.el9_8.1 RLSA-2026:73512 Sep 30, 2026
gawk · sles 15.7 4.2.1-150000.3.6.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3455-1 Aug 3, 2026
gawk · sles 16.0 5.3.2-160000.3.1 SUSE-SU-2026:22831-1 Jul 20, 2026
gawk-all-langpacks · RHEL 9 0:5.1.0-6.el9_8.1 RHSA-2026:73512 Sep 30, 2026
gawk-all-langpacks · almalinux 10 5.3.0-6.el10_2.1 ALSA-2026:73429 Sep 29, 2026
gawk-all-langpacks · almalinux 9 5.1.0-6.el9_8.1 ALSA-2026:73512 Sep 29, 2026
gawk-all-langpacks · amzn 2023 5.1.0-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2026-2035 Aug 3, 2026
gawk-all-langpacks · ol 10 0:5.3.0-6.el10_2.1 ELSA-2026-73429 Sep 30, 2026
gawk-all-langpacks · ol 9 0:5.1.0-6.el9_8.1 ELSA-2026-73512 Sep 30, 2026
gawk-debuginfo · amzn 2023 5.1.0-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2026-2035 Aug 3, 2026
gawk-debugsource · amzn 2023 5.1.0-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2026-2035 Aug 3, 2026
gawk-devel · amzn 2023 5.1.0-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2026-2035 Aug 3, 2026
gawk-doc · amzn 2023 5.1.0-3.amzn2023.0.4 ALAS2023-2026-2035 Aug 3, 2026

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