CVE-2026-90829CWE-404CWE-476

CVE-2026-90829

Medium · published September 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

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
0.00172 · 6.3th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-404 · Improper Resource Shutdown or Release; CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference
Published
2026-09-15T03:18Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
gnu/binutilsall versions—
References (8)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16883 · [email protected]https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34451 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90829 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/submit/925228 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/vuln/403331 · [email protected]https://vuldb.com/vuln/403331/cti · [email protected]https://www.gnu.org/ · [email protected]https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34451 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 17 SEP 03:33Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 14 SEP 22:15Z
    GNU Binutils SHT_GROUP Section elf.c bfd_elf_set_group_contents null pointer dereference
    cvelistv5