{"id":"CVE-2026-90831","title":"A vulnerability was detected in GNU Binutils 2.47","summary":"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 requ…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","cwe":["CWE-119","CWE-787"],"vendor":"gnu","product":"binutils","affected":["binutils = 2.47"],"published":"2026-09-14","updated":"2026-09-16","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-16T17:18:18.080","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90831","references":[{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16886","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34454","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90831","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/submit/925230","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/403333","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://vuldb.com/vuln/403333/cti","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://www.gnu.org/","label":"cna@vuldb.com"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-90831.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-90831"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2533541"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90831"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-90831"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47171"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org","csaf","vex","red-hat"],"epss":0.00161,"epssPercentile":0.05733,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-16T16:28:11.984192Z"},"scores":{"nvd":5.3,"vendor":6.6,"cna":5.3},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-14T23:17:06.514Z","patched":["hardened_images"],"slug":"CVE-2026-90831","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `binutils = 2.47`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · updated 2026-09-21 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-90831.json)\n- **RHSA-2026:47171** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Hardened Images · released 2026-07-28 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47171)","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":29,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":29.2,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}