# CVE-2026-122054: BIG-HKSCS decoding hang on crafted input

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-117002
- Severity: CVSS 5.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-11-04 · Updated: 2026-11-04

CVE-2026-122054 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 5.9 (medium) and affects glibc; no fixed version is listed yet.

## Summary

The BIG-HKSCS character converter in the GNU C Library, which applications use through functions such as iconv, can be made to stop making progress and hang when it receives crafted input. An attacker can trigger this remotely, without logging in, by supplying that input to an affected application, which then stalls.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- The GNU C Library glibc: from 2.18, through 2.31

## Description

Converting crafted BIG-HKSCS input to UCS-4 or the internal wide character encoding, for example with iconv, in the GNU C Library version 2.18 through 2.31 may result in the converter making no progress, causing the calling application to hang.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on The GNU C Library glibc, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-122054 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-122054

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-122054?

glibc: from 2.18 through 2.31.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-122054

## Related

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## References

- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25734
- https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=blob_plain;f=advisories/GLIBC-SA-2026-0026
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/11/04/10

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