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Vulnerability IntelligenceSUSE-SU-2026:3211-1

SUSE-SU-2026:3211-1

MEDIUM4.0

Security update for gawk

Published Jul 23, 2026

Modified 1 months ago

Fix available

Details

Description of the patch:

This update for gawk fixes the following issue:

CVE-2026-40468: integer overflow in the builtin.c program file (bsc#1271352).

Affected Packages

gawk

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5

Fixed in:

4.1.0-5.6.1

References

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1271352

https://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-updates/2026-July/048654.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40468/

https://www.suse.com/support/security/rating/

https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20263211-1/

CVSS Analysis

CVSS v3.1

4.0

Exploitability

Attack Vector

LocalAV:L

Attack Complexity

LowAC:L

Privileges Required

NonePR:N

User Interaction

NoneUI:N

Scope

Scope

UnchangedS:U

Impact

Confidentiality

NoneC:N

Integrity

NoneI:N

Availability

LowA:L

4.0/CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Upstream

Ecosystems

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5

Timeline

PublishedJul 23, 2026

ModifiedJul 23, 2026

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