CVE-2026-6846: Binutils: binutils: arbitrary code execution via malformed xcoff object file processing
Overview
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CVSS Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Exploit Status
- Not Exploited
- Patch Tuesday
- 2026-Aug
- Released
- 2026-05-03
- Last Updated
- 2026-08-07
- EPSS Score
- 0.17% (percentile: 6.7%)
Affected Products (5)
Open Source Software
- azl3 gdb 13.2-7 on Azure Linux 3.0
- cbl2 binutils 2.37-20 on CBL Mariner 2.0
- azl3 binutils 2.41-11 on Azure Linux 3.0
- cbl2 gdb 11.2-10 on CBL Mariner 2.0
- cbl2 binutils 2.37-20
Revision History
- 2026-05-03: Information published.
- 2026-05-04: Information published.
- 2026-05-15: Information published.
- 2026-08-07: Information published.