Overview
What is CVE-2026-6368?
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.
Vulnerability intelligence
CVE-2026-6368 and is rated Low severity with a CVSS score of 2.1. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
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.