CVE-2026-90802
Description
A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.47. Affected is the function bfd_putl64 of the file bfd/libbfd.c of the component ld. This manipulation causes null pointer dereference. The attack requires local access. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through a bug report but has not responded yet.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://github.com/r1ck9-2q/cve_summit/blob/main/SEGV%20in%20%60bfd_putl64%60%20(bfdlibbfd.c989)%20during%20relocation%20output%20via%20malformed%20ELF.md
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34443
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90802
- https://vuldb.com/submit/920277
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403304
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/403304/cti
- https://www.gnu.org/
CWEs
CWE-404 CWE-476
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.