GHSA-6rfm-3v66-6wr2

GHSA-6rfm-3v66-6wr2 PUBLISHED CVSS 9.800000190734863 CRITICAL

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published January 22, 2023

In pkgconf through 1.9.3, variable duplication can cause unbounded string expansion due to incorrect checks in libpkgconf/tuple.c:pkgconf_tuple_parse. For example, a .pc file containing a few hundred bytes can expand to one billion bytes.

Fixed versions

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Package	Ecosystem	Fixed in
pkgconf	Wolfi	1.9.4-r0
pkgconf	Chainguard	1.9.4-r0

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

9.800000190734863

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
wolfi	pkgconf	0
chainguard	pkgconf	0

Timeline

Jan 22, 2023 CVE Published
May 1, 2026 Security Advisory

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