CVE-2026-90828
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 vulnerability affects the function elf_orphan_compatible of the file ld/ldelf.c of the component ELF Orphan Section Handler. Performing a manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack must be initiated from a local position. 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 22:16
Modified: 2026-09-21 17:49
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
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16882 cna@vuldb.com
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34450 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90828 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/submit/925227 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403330 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403330/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 ↗