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Medium · 4.8 CVE-2026-18370 EUVD-2026-55623GHSA-qpgw-rgmq-2367

Heap-based buffer overflow in entr

Published Aug 10, 2026 · Updated Aug 10, 2026 · Assigned by CERT-PL

Description

entr is vulnerable to Heap-based buffer overflow in run_utility() function. The function allocates a fixed-size heap buffer using malloc(ARG_MAX) and copies command-line arguments into it. It advances the destination pointer based on the return value of strlcpy(), which returns the total length of the source string rather than the number of bytes written. When the buffer is exactly filled, the remaining size underflows as an unsigned size_t, causing subsequent copies to write out of bounds. This can be triggered by supplying command-line arguments whose combined length fills the buffer, or via the /_ substitution feature which expands a short token into a longer pathname at runtime. The local attacker can cause memory corruption, process abort, and denial of service. 

This issue was fixed in commit 2467fe0

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
eradman entr — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 entr No fix yet —
Debian 13 entr No fix yet —
Debian 12 entr No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 entr No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS entr No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS entr No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS entr No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS entr No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS entr No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS entr No fix yet —

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