Glibc
The latest Glibc coverage — news, analysis, and updates from the WindowsNews.AI desk.
CVE-2026-3904: Critical Race Condition Vulnerability in glibc nscd Threatens Linux Systems
A newly assigned vulnerability in the GNU C Library's Name Service Cache Daemon (nscd) could cause widespread application crashes and service outages on Linux systems. CVE-2026-3904 describes a race...
CVE-2026-0861: Critical Glibc Memalign Vulnerability Threatens Linux & WSL Security
A newly disclosed high-severity vulnerability in the GNU C Library (glibc), tracked as CVE-2026-0861, exposes a critical integer overflow flaw in memory allocation routines that could lead to...
Urgent: 'Looney Tunables' glibc Exploit Grants Root on Azure Linux and Other Distros – Patch Now
A severe privilege escalation vulnerability in the GNU C Library (glibc) that affects a wide swath of Linux distributions—including Microsoft’s own Azure Linux—is now under active exploitation,...
Microsoft Flags Data-Leaking DNS Bug in Azure Linux: Update Glibc Now
Microsoft's security response team has sounded the alarm for anyone running its Azure Linux distribution: a flaw in the GNU C Library (glibc) can silently leak process memory or crash applications...
Glibc CVE-2023-5156: Critical Memory Leak in getaddrinfo Threatens Linux & WSL Systems
A critical vulnerability in the GNU C Library (glibc), designated CVE-2023-5156, has exposed countless Linux systems and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) installations to potential denial-of-service...
CVE-2023-4806: Critical glibc getaddrinfo Vulnerability Threatens Linux & WSL Security
A subtle but consequential bug in the GNU C Library's name-resolution path—tracked as CVE-2023-4806—has exposed a rare use-after-free vulnerability in the getaddrinfo() function that can crash...
CVE-2024-33600: Critical glibc nscd Vulnerability Threatens Linux Systems
A critical vulnerability discovered in the GNU C Library's Name Service Cache Daemon (nscd) poses a significant threat to Linux systems worldwide, with the flaw tracked as CVE-2024-33600 exposing...