GNU C Library vulnerabilities
It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled the ccs= option in the fopen function. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause GNU C Library to crash or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-18374) It was discovered that the GNU C Library incorrectly handled long domain names in DNS search lists. An attacker on the local network could possibly use this issue to cause GNU C Library to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-8674) It was discovered that the GNU C Library dynamic loader had a time-of-check to time-of-use race condition when handling the $ORIGIN path expansion in setuid or setgid programs. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to execute a
Read at Ubuntu Security Notices
- Vendor
- Canonical
- Product
- glibc
- Exposure class
- Operating system
Why it ranks 40 (Notable)
- Product class: operating system
- Widely deployed vendor product (Canonical)
- Covered by 2 independent sources
- Vendor security advisory
- Recency: items published within 24 hours gain 15, within 72 hours 6, within 7 days 2.
Links
- Ubuntu Security Notices (ubuntu.com)
- CVE-2026-18374 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
- CVE-2026-8674 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
- CVE-2026-86805 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
- CVE-2026-95818 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
- CVE-2026-89092 on this site · NVD · CVE.org · Vulnpedia
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