shield Security update for gawk

SUSE-SLES-16.0-1303

This update for gawk fixes the following issues: - CVE-2026-40467: use-after-free vulnerability within the do_getline_redir() routine could lead to a program crash (bsc#1271351). - CVE-2026-40468: use-after-free vulnerability in gawk's "io.c" file could permit heap metadata manipulation and host memory exhaustion (bsc#1271352). - CVE-2026-40553: buffer overflow in the ftype() routine of the readdir extension could trigger a program crash (bsc#1271354).

• Release Date
  Jul 20 2026
• References
  Bugzilla: 1271351, 1271352, 1271354
  CVEs: CVE-2026-40467, CVE-2026-40468, CVE-2026-40553
• Type
  security
• Severity
  moderate

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