CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-6846
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-04-22
- Last modified
- 2026-10-26
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-122
Description
A flaw was found in binutils. A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists when processing a specially crafted XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file during linking. A local attacker could trick a user into processing this malicious file, which could lead to arbitrary code execution, allowing the attacker to run unauthorized commands, or cause a denial of service, making the system unavailable.
Affected configurations
• gnu binutils (<= 2.46)
• redhat hardened images
• redhat openshift container platform 4.0
• redhat enterprise linux 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux 8.0
• redhat enterprise linux 9.0
• redhat enterprise linux 10.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-122 Heap-based Buffer Overflow weakness
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33527 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39022 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6846 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460006 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33527 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6846 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460006 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-6846.json security.access.redhat.com