CVE-2026-56390

EUVD-2026-50277
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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
CERT-PLCNA
4.6 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
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
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
Early Detection
Affected products identified ahead of NVD analysis through intelligence sources.
VendorProductVersionSource
gnubison
3.8.2
CNA
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Debian Product
Codename
bison
bookworm
vulnerable
bullseye
vulnerable
forky
vulnerable
sid
vulnerable
trixie
no-dsa