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Medium severity5.0NVD Advisory· Published Apr 22, 2026· Updated May 20, 2026

CVE-2026-6845

CVE-2026-6845

Description

A flaw was found in binutils, specifically within the readelf utility. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) file. The exploitation of this flaw can lead to the system becoming unresponsive due to excessive resource consumption or a program crash.

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Affected products

9
  • GNU/Binutils2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
  • Red Hat/Hardened Images
    cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hardened_images:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Red Hat/Openshift Container Platform
    cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Red Hat/Enterprise Linux Server5 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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