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CVE-2026-97399 affecting package glibc 2.38-21

Type: advisorySources: OSV

The strncasecmp function in the GNU C Library 2.24 and later optimized for the Power8 architecture may read one byte beyond the input size limit, which may crash a program when that byte is not readable. This condition may happen when the input strings to the strncasecmp function are attacker controlled in an application and they match all the way up to the edge of their page and the neighbouring page is either not mapped or is not readable.

Products
glibc
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-97399
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 14:03 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2026-97399 affecting package glibc 2.38-21

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Sept 2026, 16:17 UTC

The strncasecmp function in the GNU C Library 2.24 and later optimized for the Power8 architecture may read one byte beyond the input size limit, which may crash a program when that byte is not readable. This condition may happen when the input strings to the strncasecmp function are attacker controlled in an application and they match all the way up to the edge of their page and the neighbouring page is either not mapped or is not readable.

osv:AZL-104976

glibc

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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