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CVE-2026-90831 Details

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

CNA: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.3 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16886	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34454	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90831	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/submit/925230	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/vuln/403333	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/vuln/403333/cti	[email protected]	Permissions Required
https://www.gnu.org/	[email protected]	Product

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
gnu binutils	2.47
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.47:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

3 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Sep 16, 2026	CVE Modified	CISA-ADP
Sep 16, 2026	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 14, 2026	New CVE Received	[email protected]