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.
Published: 2026-08-10
Score: 2.1 Low
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KEV: No
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Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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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.
Title wordexp with WRDE_APPEND can return or use invalid memory
Weaknesses CWE-908
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/S:P/AU:Y/U:Green'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: glibc

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-10T18:40:11.601Z

Reserved: 2026-04-15T15:07:08.926Z

Link: CVE-2026-6368

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Updated: 2026-08-10T20:45:05Z

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