Vulert records 5 vulnerabilities for gawk in Debian: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 0 low, plus 5 not yet rated. 5 of them have no published fix yet, so those are the ones to avoid or mitigate.

How many vulnerabilities does gawk have?

5 vulnerabilities are recorded for gawk in the Debian ecosystem: 0 critical, 0 high, 0 medium and 0 low, plus 5 not yet rated. The ledger on this page lists the same counts next to the date of the most recent disclosure.

How often are new gawk vulnerabilities disclosed?

4 vulnerabilities were recorded for gawk in the last 12 months, and the oldest entry in this database dates to 25 Sep 2023. Recency matters more than a lifetime total: it shows how actively new issues are being disclosed for the package you are considering.

Which versions of gawk are affected?

Each vulnerability on this page lists the affected version range and the fixed version to move to. Open the vulnerability for the version you actually run — fixes are specific to a release line, not to the package as a whole.

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Vulnerability Database · Debian · Package report

gawk: vulnerability history, versions and safety

gawk is a package in the Debian ecosystem. Vulert records 5 vulnerabilities for it across 4 releases, from Sep 2023 to Jul 2026. Each vulnerability names the versions it affects, the fixed version to move to, and a workaround where no fix has been published.

5 vulnerabilities recorded U5

5 with no fix published

No patched version yet — these are the ones to plan around.

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4 in the last 12 months

Most recent disclosure 13 Jul 2026.

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0 malicious-package vulnerabilities

No published version shipped hostile code.

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Vulert verdict on gawk i

Updated on 23 Oct 2026

Careful: 5 of the 5 vulnerabilities Vulert records for this package have no fix yet. Plan around those, or apply the workaround listed for each.

Long-term outlook: usable, but needs attention 5 vulnerabilities on record across 2 years, 4 in the last year.

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Vulnerabilities on record 5 over 2 years · 4 in the last year i
Latest disclosure 13 Jul 2026 i
Highest CVSS 9.1 i
With no published fix 5 i

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01 Versions

Which versions are affected

Every version Vulert holds for gawk, newest first, with the vulnerabilities that name it. A version with a count of zero has no recorded vulnerabilities; open a version to see the vulnerabilities it is exposed to.

Version	Vulert vulnerabilities	Fix published	Details
1:5.3.2-1	U5	No	Details →
1:5.2.1-2	U5	No	Details →
1:5.2.1-1	U5	No	Details →
1:5.1.0-1	U5	No	Details →

Newest 4 of 4 versions on record. Severity counts are the vulnerabilities recorded against that exact release.

02 Disclosure history

How often vulnerabilities are recorded

2023 1
2026 4

Counted by the year Vulert recorded each vulnerability — the same date the table below shows as disclosed. 4 of the 5 were recorded in the last 12 months.

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03 Vulnerabilities

Recorded vulnerabilities for gawk

Vulnerability	Severity	Fixed version ↓	Disclosed ↓
Integer Overflow Vulnerability in gawk: Memory Exhaustion Risk	9.1 critical	No fix published	13 Jul 2026
Critical Integer Overflow Vulnerability in gawk Affects Multiple Debian Versions	9.1 critical	No fix published	13 Jul 2026
Use After Free Vulnerability in gawk Package - CVE-2026-40467	7.5 high	No fix published	13 Jul 2026
Buffer Overflow Vulnerability in gawk: Potential Code Execution Risk	7.5 high	No fix published	13 Jul 2026
Heap Out-of-Bounds Read Vulnerability in gawk Package	7.1 high	No fix published	25 Sep 2023

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Updated: 23/Oct/2026 · Vulnerabilities in our DB: 524315