Upstream information

CVE-2026-40469 at MITRE

Description

Integer overflow vulnerability has been found in "builtin.c" program file of gawk (do_sub() routine). This issue could be used to overwrite gawk heap metadata and objects causing the program to crash. It affects 32-bit builds of gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database SUSE
Base Score 9.1 4
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact High None
Availability Impact High Low
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (cvd@cert.pl) SUSE
Base Score 5.1 5.1
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Attack Requirements None None
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None None
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None None
Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low Low
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1271353 [NEW]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud gawk Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS gawk Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun gawk Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-Azure gawk Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 gawk Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GCE gawk Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-GDC gawk Affected
SLES15-SP6-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud gawk Affected
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun gawk Affected
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Azure gawk Affected
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 gawk Affected
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GCE gawk Affected
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GDC gawk Affected
SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 gawk Affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 gawk Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun gawk Affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-Azure gawk Affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 gawk Affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-GCE gawk Affected
SLES15-SP3-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud gawk Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS gawk Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun gawk Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-Azure gawk Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 gawk Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-GCE gawk Affected
SLES15-SP4-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud gawk Affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun gawk Affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-Azure gawk Affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 gawk Affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GCE gawk Affected
SLES15-SP5-CHOST-BYOS-GDC gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 gawk Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 gawk Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 gawk Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 gawk Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 gawk Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 gawk Affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 gawk Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 gawk Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 gawk Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 gawk Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 gawk Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 gawk Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP1 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1-LTSS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP1 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 gawk Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 gawk Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 gawk Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 gawk Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 gawk Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 gawk Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 gawk Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 gawk Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 gawk Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 gawk Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 gawk Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 gawk Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 gawk Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 gawk Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 gawk Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 gawk Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 gawk Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 gawk Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 gawk Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 gawk Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 gawk Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 gawk Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 gawk Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 gawk Affected
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun gawk Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-Azure gawk Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 gawk Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-GCE gawk Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-GDC gawk Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud gawk Affected
Container Status
bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel
bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel:15.5
bci/bci-sle15-kernel-module-devel:15.6
bci/gcc
bci/golang
bci/golang:1.23
bci/golang:1.23-openssl
bci/golang:1.25
bci/golang:1.25-openssl
bci/kiwi
bci/node:18
bci/node:20
bci/node:22
bci/openjdk
bci/openjdk:11
bci/openjdk:17
bci/openjdk:21
bci/python
bci/python:3
bci/ruby
bci/ruby:2
bci/spack
bci/spack:0.23
containers/apache-pulsar:3.3
containers/open-webui-pipelines:0
containers/python:3.11
containers/python:3.9
kiwi-templates-Minimal
kiwi-templates-Minimal-Cloud-sap
kiwi-templates-Minimal-MS-HyperV-sap
kiwi-templates-Minimal-VMware-sap
kiwi-templates-Minimal-kvm-and-xen-sap
rancher/elemental-teal-iso/5.4
rancher/elemental-teal-rt/5.3
rancher/elemental-teal-rt/5.4
rancher/elemental-teal/5.3
rancher/elemental-teal/5.4
rancher/seedimage-builder
ses/6/cephcsi/cephcsi
ses/6/rook/ceph
ses/7.1/cephcsi/cephcsi
ses/7.1/rook/ceph
ses/7/cephcsi/cephcsi
ses/7/rook/ceph
suse/hpc/warewulf4-x86_64/sle-hpc-node
suse/kiosk/firefox-esr
suse/kiosk/firefox-esr:esr
suse/kiosk/xorg-client
suse/manager/4.3/proxy-httpd
suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/proxy-httpd
suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server
suse/mariadb
suse/mariadb:10.11
suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/proxy-httpd
suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/proxy-salt-broker
suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/server
suse/multi-linux-manager/5.2/x86_64/proxy-httpd
suse/multi-linux-manager/5.2/x86_64/server
suse/nginx
suse/nginx:1.21
suse/pcp
suse/pcp:5
suse/pcp:6
suse/rmt-mariadb
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.2
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3
suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4
suse/sle-micro/5.0/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.1/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.2/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.3/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.4/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/5.5
suse/sle-micro/5.5/toolbox
suse/sle-micro/base-5.5
suse/sle-micro/kvm-5.5
suse/sle-micro/rt-5.5
suse/sles/15.3/libguestfs-tools:0.45.0
suse/sles/15.4/libguestfs-tools:0.49.0
suse/sles/15.5/libguestfs-tools:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.5/virt-launcher:0.58.0
suse/sles/15.6/libguestfs-tools:1.1.1
suse/sles/15.6/virt-launcher:1.1.1
suse/sles/15.7/libguestfs-tools:1.5.0
suse/sles/15.7/virt-launcher:1.5.0
suse/sles/16.0/toolbox
suse/sles12sp3
third-party/nvidia/driver:550-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:550.163.01-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:570-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:570.195.03-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:570.211.01-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:575-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:575.57.08-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:580-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:580.105.08-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:580.126.09-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:580.126.16-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:580.126.20-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:580.82.07-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:580.95.05-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:590-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:590.48.01-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:595-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:595.45.04-sles15.7
third-party/nvidia/driver:595.58.03-sles15.7
gawkAffected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Jul 13 17:33:29 2026
CVE page last modified: Tue Jul 14 11:28:26 2026