# CVE-2026-102474: Dash: dash: heap out-of-bounds write in conv\_escape via undersized unicode escape reservation

- Severity: CVSS 4.0 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-29 · Updated: 2026-09-29

## Affected

- dash: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in dash. The printf builtin reserves four bytes before converting a Unicode \u or \U escape, but the multi-byte token can need five or six bytes. A local user who can supply such an escape to dash printf or echo %b, including through dash -c and a positional argument, can write one or two bytes past that reservation.

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## Related

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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-102474
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2543004

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