Medium severity · published Sep 29, 2026
CVE-2026-102474
Dash: dash: heap out-of-bounds write in conv_escape via undersized unicode escape reservation
4.0
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in dash. The printf builtin reserves four bytes before converting a Unicode \u or \U escape, but the multi-byte token can need five or six bytes. A local user who can supply such an escape to dash printf or echo %b, including through dash -c and a positional argument, can write one or two bytes past that reservation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 1% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-102474
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-102474
vdb-entry
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-102474
issue-tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2543004
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