CVE-2026-6845

5.0 MEDIUM

A flaw was found in binutils, specifically within the `readelf` utility

Published: 2026-04-22 · Last updated: 2026-05-20

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 5.0 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE: CWE-476

Affected products

Vendor	Product
gnu	binutils, enterprise_linux, hardened_images
redhat	binutils, enterprise_linux, hardened_images

Description

A flaw was found in binutils, specifically within the `readelf` utility. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) file. The exploitation of this flaw can lead to the system becoming unresponsive due to excessive resource consumption or a program crash.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6845
[Vendor advisory]https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6845
[Vendor advisory]https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460012

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