CVE-2026-6368

Low

Description

Calling wordexp with WRDE_APPEND in the GNU C Library version 2.0 to version 2.43 can cause the interface to return invalid memory in the we_wordv member, which on subsequent calls to wordfree may abort the process.

SeverityLow

CVSS2.1

Exploit probability—

ProductGlibc

PublishedAug 10, 2026

First seenAug 10, 2026

Weakness typeCWE-908CWE-908

How to fix

Update

glibc glibc2.43 or later

Vendor advisories

sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2026-0014;h=1e9a0039f07471ddfe6816e5df04875bec409f92;hb=HEAD

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
glibc glibc	1.93-260 ≤ v < 2.43	2.43

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