Security Advisory
CVE-2026-18374
4.9
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Description
Passing an effectively empty string to the `,ccs=` syntax extension of the mode argument in the `fopen` function in the GNU C Library version 2.45 or earlier may result in a heap buffer overflow when the mode string input to the function is attacker controlled.
This usage pattern is not seen in applications in common GNU/Linux distributions and applications that process user-supplied values for `ccs` should not pass them through without validation.
Published Date
August 27, 2026
Official Source
NIST NVD Advisory