CVE-2026-40489 PUBLISHED

editorconfig-core-c has incomplete fix for CVE-2023-0341

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 13.04.2026 Published: 18.04.2026 Updated: 18.04.2026

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.

Metrics

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

Product Status

Vendor editorconfig
Product editorconfig-core-c
Versions
  • Version < 0.12.11 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow CWE
  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write CWE