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.

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First Time appeared Gnu
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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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: glibc

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

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

Link: CVE-2026-6368

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-10T19:17:30.713

Modified: 2026-08-10T19:17:30.713

Link: CVE-2026-6368

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Updated: 2026-08-11T14:22:11Z

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