UnratedFix available
gawk: Fix of 3 CVEs
Type: advisorySources: OSV
- CVE-2023-4156: builtin.c (format_tree): when collecting positional field widths or precisions, check for wrap around to negative values - CVE-2026-40469: builtin.c (sub_common): check for overflow in the result buffer size calculation using 64-bit math, failing with a fatal error instead of corrupting the heap on 32-bit builds
- Products
- gawk
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.tuxcare.els2
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-4156, CVE-2026-40469
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 11:00 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
- CVE-2023-4156: builtin.c (format_tree): when collecting positional field widths or precisions, check for wrap around to negative values - CVE-2026-40469: builtin.c (sub_common): check for overflow in the result buffer size calculation using 64-bit math, failing with a fatal error instead of corrupting the heap on 32-bit builds
osv:CLSA-2026-1792508988
gawk
Fixed versions: 3.1.7-10.el6_7.3.tuxcare.els2
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CLSA-2026-1792508988",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
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"title": "gawk: Fix of 3 CVEs",
"summary": "- CVE-2023-4156: builtin.c (format_tree): when collecting positional field widths or precisions, check for wrap around to negative values - CVE-2026-40469: builtin.c (sub_common): check for overflow in the result buffer size calculation using 64-bit math, failing with a fatal error instead of corrupting the heap on 32-bit builds",
"evidence": "osv:CLSA-2026-1792508988",
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"purl": "pkg:rpm/tuxcare/gawk?distro=centos-6",
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"modified": "2026-10-26T09:31:40.997209332Z",
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"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4156",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40468",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40469"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 448086,
"published_at": "2026-10-20T16:53:03+00:00"
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