CVE-2026-90828: GNU Binutils

Medium severity, CVSS 6.6. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A security flaw has been discovered in GNU Binutils 2.47. This vulnerability affects the function elf_orphan_compatible of the file ld/ldelf.c of the component ELF Orphan Section Handler. Performing a manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through a bug report but has not responded yet.

Affected products

• GNU Binutils: version 2.47 only

Published 2026-09-14. Last modified 2026-09-21.