CVE-2026-90828CWE-404CWE-476

CVE-2026-90828

Medium · published September 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
8.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
4.8 · CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
EPSS
0.00188 · 8.0th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-404 · Improper Resource Shutdown or Release; CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2026-09-15T02:16Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
gnu/binutilsall versions—
References (7)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16882 · [email protected]https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34450 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90828 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/submit/925227 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/vuln/403330 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/vuln/403330/cti · [email protected]https://www.gnu.org/ · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 SEP 03:33Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 14 SEP 22:00Z
    GNU Binutils ELF Orphan Section ldelf.c elf_orphan_compatible null pointer dereference
    cvelistv5