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CVE-2026-40553

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 45/100
Published: 2026-07-13 Modified: 2026-10-24 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: None
S: X
AT: None
VC: None
VI: Low
VA: Low

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (1)

VendorProductVersion
fossies gawk < 5.4.0

References & Advisories (2)

Bug Bounty Relevance

45 / 100
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

5.1 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.29%
Raw Score 0.002910
Percentile 21.6%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00291
2026-10-28
0.00291

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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