CVE-2026-90828

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.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.6 Medium

Status

Analyzed - cna@vuldb.com

Published

2026-09-14

Last modified

2026-09-15

Weaknesses

CWE-404, CWE-476

Affected products

• Binutils (Gnu)

References

• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16882
• https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34450
• https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90828
• https://vuldb.com/submit/925227
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/403330
• https://vuldb.com/vuln/403330/cti
• https://www.gnu.org/