CVE-2026-40489 | THREATINT

Description

editorconfig-core-c is an EditorConfig core library for use by plugins supporting EditorConfig parsing. Versions up to and including 0.12.10 have a stack-based buffer overflow in ec_glob() that allows an attacker to crash any application using libeditorconfig by providing a specially crafted directory structure and .editorconfig file. This is an incomplete fix for CVE-2023-0341. The pcre_str buffer was protected in 0.12.6 but the adjacent l_pattern[8194] stack buffer received no equivalent protection. On Ubuntu 24.04, FORTIFY_SOURCE converts the overflow to SIGABRT (DoS). Version 0.12.11 contains an updated fix.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-13 | Published 2026-04-18 | Updated 2026-04-20 | Assigner GitHub_M

HIGH: 8.6CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem types

CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write

Product status

< 0.12.11

affected

References

github.com/...core-c/security/advisories/GHSA-97xg-vrcq-254h

github.com/...ommit/5159be88ad50641d9843289adda791ba300421ff

github.com/...nfig/editorconfig-core-c/releases/tag/v0.12.11

cve.org (CVE-2026-40489)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-40489)

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