CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-90801
1.9 LOW
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-09-14
- Last modified
- 2026-09-18
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 1.9 LOW — 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/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.6 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119, CWE-120
Description
A security flaw has been discovered in GNU Binutils 2.47. This impacts the function cache_bwrite of the file bfd/cache.c of the component ld. The manipulation of the argument nbytes results in buffer overflow. The attack requires a local approach. 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.
Affected configurations
• gnu binutils 2.47
Related
References
- https://github.com/r1ck9-2q/cve_summit/blob/main/Heap-buffer-overflow%20in%20%60cache_bwrite%60%20(bfdcache.c436)%20via%20malformed%20ELF%20with%20%60--gc-sections%20-w%60.md Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34442 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90801 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/submit/920276 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403303 Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403303/cti Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.gnu.org/ Product