A flaw was found in binutils. A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists when processing a specially crafted XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file during linking. A local attacker could trick a user into processing this malicious file, which could lead to arbitrary code execution, allowing the attacker to run unauthorized commands, or cause a denial of service, making the system unavailable.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.8 · gnu, redhatNVD modified 2026-10-26 21:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 7
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hardened_images:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 8
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33527
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:39022
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6846 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460006 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:33527
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6846 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460006 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-6846.json