CVE-2026-90829
mediumA weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.47.
Vendor / product: Gnu — binutils
A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.47. This issue affects the function bfd_elf_set_group_contents of the file bfd/elf.c of the component SHT_GROUP Section Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be launched locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through a bug report but has not responded yet.
CVSS
5.3
5.3 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (cna@vuldb.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-09-14 23:18
Modified: 2026-09-16 15:28
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 2 days 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=16883 cna@vuldb.com
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34451 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90829 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/submit/925228 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403331 cna@vuldb.com
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403331/cti cna@vuldb.com
- https://www.gnu.org/ cna@vuldb.com
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34451 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:53 UTC · record ↗