Buffer overflow in The Gnu C Library Glibc
CVE-2026-6791
When expanding paths that begin with a tilde (~) followed by a username, the internal parse_tilde function extracts the username to determine the user's home directory. The implementation allocates memory for this username directly on the…
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Affected products
- The Gnu C Library Glibc — versions 2.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- 3ff69d7a-14f2-4f67-a097-88dee7810d18 (issue-tracking)