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Echo: glibc: security update to 2.41-12+deb13u3+e3

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 459785

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Calling wordexp with WRDE_APPEND in the GNU C Library version 2.0 to version 2.43 can cause the interface
 to return invalid memory in the we_wordv member, which on subsequent calls to wordfree may abort the
 process. (CVE-2026-6368)

Solution

Update the glibc library and its related packages to version 2.41-12+deb13u3+e3 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-6368

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 459785

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.68

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-6368

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.6

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Threat Score: 0.5

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/11/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-6368

IAVA: 2026-A-0897