CVE-2026-90831
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 5.3
A vulnerability was detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. The affected element is the function _bfd_elf_strtab_delref of the file bfd/elf-strtab.c of the component ELF String Table. The manipulation results in memory corruption. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public 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 |