CVE-2026-90830
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 5.3
A security vulnerability has been detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. Impacted is the function _bfd_write_merged_section of the file bfd/merge.c of the component Section Merge. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through a bug report but has not responded yet.
Products: gnu binutils
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Chainguard | binutils | no fix |
| Chainguard | binutils-arm-none-eabi | no fix |
| Chainguard | binutils-arm-none-eabi-doc | no fix |
| Chainguard | binutils-dev | no fix |
| Chainguard | binutils-doc | no fix |
| Chainguard | binutils-gold | no fix |
| Debian 12 | binutils | no fix |
| Debian 13 | binutils | no fix |
| Debian 14 | binutils | no fix |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | binutils | 0:2.46.1-1.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | binutils-devel | 0:2.46.1-1.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | binutils-gold | 0:2.46.1-1.1.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | binutils-gprofng | 0:2.46.1-1.1.hum1 |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | binutils | no fix |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | binutils | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | binutils | no fix |
| Ubuntu 26.10 | binutils | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | binutils | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | binutils | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | binutils | no fix |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | binutils | no fix |
| Wolfi | binutils | no fix |
| Wolfi | binutils-dev | no fix |
| Wolfi | binutils-doc | no fix |
| Wolfi | binutils-gold | no fix |