CVE-2026-6368 Affecting glibc package, versions <2.43-4


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.11% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-GLIBC-18612525
  • published11 Aug 2026
  • disclosed10 Aug 2026

Introduced: 10 Aug 2026

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How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable glibc to version 2.43-4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream glibc package and not the glibc package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

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