[ CVE-2026-102473 · Published 29 Sep 2026 ]
Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
CVSS 5.5
EPSS <1%No fix listed yet
[ Description ]Official description
A flaw was found in dash. When built without libc fnmatch, the internal pmatch() matcher implements * by unbounded recursion over candidate positions. A local user who can plant filenames, or otherwise feed that matcher, can make a short multi-star pattern such as *.*.*.*.*.tar.gz consume excessive CPU.
[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches
No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.