Low severity · published Sep 22, 2026
CVE-2026-95818
AT_SECURE program buffer overflow via $ORIGIN processing
3.6
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A stack-based buffer overflow in the dynamic loader (ld.so) of the GNU C Library (glibc) versions 2.14 through 2.44 allows a local attacker to crash or corrupt the memory of setuid/setgid (AT_SECURE) programs.
When such a program's DT_RPATH or DT_RUNPATH begins with $ORIGIN and is followed by NUL or '/' the loader both reads past the end of the path buffer and writes past the end of a stack-allocated internal buffer. The corrupted loader stack can lead to a loader crash (denial of service) and limited disclosure of process memory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 3% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GL
glibc · The GNU C Library
2.14 before 2.45 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-95818
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-95818
sourceware.org
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34360
sourceware.org
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob_plain;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2026-0023
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