CVE-2026-90801
mediumA security flaw has been discovered in GNU Binutils 2.47.
Vendor / product: Gnu — binutils
A security flaw has been discovered in GNU Binutils 2.47. This impacts the function cache_bwrite of the file bfd/cache.c of the component ld. The manipulation of the argument nbytes results in buffer overflow. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through a bug report but has not responded yet.
CVSS
6.6
6.6 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-14 17:17
Modified: 2026-09-18 14:42
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:53 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
gnu / binutils 2.47
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://github.com/r1ck9-2q/cve_summit/blob/main/Heap-buffer-overflow%20in%20%60cache_bwri... cna@vuldb.com
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34442 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90801 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/submit/920276 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403303 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403303/cti cna@vuldb.com
- https://www.gnu.org/ cna@vuldb.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:53 UTC · record ↗