The wordexp function in the GNU C Library (aka glibc) through 2.33 may crash or read arbitrary memory in parse_param (in posix/wordexp.c) when called with an untrusted, crafted pattern, potentially resulting in a denial of service or disclosure of information. This occurs because atoi was used but strtoul should have been used to ensure correct calculations.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 9.1 · gnu, netapp, debianNVD modified 2026-10-14 12:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 7
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:glibc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_os_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:hci_management_node:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:ontap_select_deploy_administration_utility:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:netapp:solidfire:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 14
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-24 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210827-0005/ Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28011 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5adda61f62b77384718b4c0d8336ade8f2b4b35c Broken Link
- https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Security%20Exceptions Not Applicable
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00021.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-24 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210827-0005/ Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=28011 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5adda61f62b77384718b4c0d8336ade8f2b4b35c Broken Link
- https://sourceware.org/glibc/wiki/Security%20Exceptions Not Applicable
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html