PT-2026-34314 · Binutils · Binutils

Published 2026-04-22 · Updated 2026-05-20 · CVE-2026-6846

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions binutils (affected versions not specified)

Description A heap-buffer-overflow occurs when processing a specially crafted XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file during linking. A local attacker could trick a user into processing this malicious file, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution or a denial of service.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-122

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-6846

ECHO-E17A-D8BD-8B20

Affected Products

Binutils

References · 14

• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-6846 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-6846 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-6846 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6846 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6846 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6846 · Security Note
• https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=7a089e0302382f4d4e077941156e1eaa68d01393 · Note
• https://twitter.com/infoflowcloud/status/2047013521444016338 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/Cezar_H_Linux/status/2050986935179452636 · Twitter Post
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34049 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460006 · Note
• https://t.me/cveNotify/164213 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2047012164570161550 · Twitter Post
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6846 · Note