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CVE-2026-40553

CVE Details​

Visit the official vulnerability details page for CVE-2026-40553 to learn more.

Initial Publication​

07/13/2026

Last Update​

07/13/2026

Third Party Dependency​

gawk

NIST CVE Summary​

Buffer overflow vulnerability has been found in "extension/readdir.c" program file of gawk (ftype() routine). This issue could be used to crash the program and potentially to achieve code execution, although the latter has not been confirmed to be feasible. It affects gawk in versions 5.4.0 and below.

CVE Severity​

5.1

Our Official Summary​

Investigation is ongoing to determine how this vulnerability affects our products.

Status​

Undergoing Analysis

Affected Products & Versions​

VersionPaletteAIPaletteAI VerteX
1.4.0⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted
1.3.2⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted
1.2.2⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted

Revision History​

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