CVE detail
CVE-2026-56389
GNU Bison allows for an execution of an arbitrary program during HTML report generation due to improper handling of grammar-defined configuration variables. A grammar file can override the executable used for the XML‑to‑HTML transformation step via %define tool.xsltproc, which is accepted without restriction and passed directly to execvp(). When running bison --html on a attacker-provided grammar, this behavior allows execution of an arbitrary program with the privileges of the Bison process. Maintainers of this project were notified about this vulnerability, and fixed the issue in commit 3169c1e7a2c6acc4c59dfcf8b089896d6881925b. 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.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
This all-time snapshot uses the same composite formula as Trending across a 30-year evidence window, rather than a current rolling window.
Buzz score components · mention 13.9 · diversity 10.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
Mention timeline
- Total mentions
- 3
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 3
- highest bucket
Evidence
Source links by recency
3 source links · newest first
- https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bison.git/commit/?id=3169c1e7a2c6acc4c59dfcf8b089896d6881925bcgit.git.savannah.gnu.org
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Patchcgit.git.savannah.gnu.orgJul 29, 2026, 11:16 AM - https://cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/bison.git/cgit.git.savannah.gnu.org
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Patchcgit.git.savannah.gnu.orgJul 29, 2026, 11:16 AM No excerpt available.
Vendor Advisorycert.plJul 29, 2026, 11:16 AM
Exploit code
Public exploit repository references
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