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CVE-2026-56390: CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path in GNU Bison

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Medium
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-56390cvecve-2026-56390cwe-73
Published: 07/29/2026 (07/29/2026, 09:40:03 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: GNU
Product: Bison

Description

GNU Bison improperly handles grammar‑defined output paths. Grammar directives such as %output and %header allow specifying file paths, which are accepted without restriction and override caller‑supplied output options. When processing attacker-supplied grammar, this behavior allows directing generated files to arbitrary writable locations on the filesystem, potentially overwriting existing files accessible to the Bison process. Maintainers of this project were notified about this vulnerability, and fixed the issue in commit 8d101c19d4d9aaedf83a448c925513742d4efcf0. However, they did not provide vulnerable version range. Version 3.8.2 was tested and confirmed as vulnerable, other versions were not tested but might also be vulnerable.

CVSS v4.0

Score 4.6medium

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Active
Vuln. Confidentiality
None
Vuln. Integrity
Low
Vuln. Availability
None
Subsq. Confidentiality
None
Subsq. Integrity
Low
Subsq. Availability
None
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N

Affected software

Affected versions
=3.8.2

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
CERT-PL
Date Reserved
2026-06-21T07:15:13.879Z
Cvss Version
4.0
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a69d4879c2644c7f856ba83

Added to database: 07/29/2026, 10:23:03 UTC

Last updated: 07/29/2026, 10:23:03 UTC

Views: 1

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