CVE-2026-91781
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%CVSS 3.3
A security vulnerability has been detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. Affected is the function elf_x86_64_common_section_index of the file bfd/elf64-x86-64.c of the component ELF Section Handler. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.48 is able to address this issue. The identifier of the patch is 7322e9bc30cb282575a701c307851fd3d66fee68. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.
Products: gnu binutils
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Chainguard | binutils | no fix |
| Chainguard | binutils-arm-none-eabi | 0 |
| Chainguard | binutils-arm-none-eabi-doc | 0 |
| 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 | 0:2.46.1-1.2.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | binutils-devel | 0:2.46.1-1.2.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | binutils-gold | 0:2.46.1-1.2.hum1 |
| Red Hat hummingbird 1 | binutils-gprofng | 0:2.46.1-1.2.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 |