5.5

CVE-2026-6844: gnu binutils Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2026-6844DEBIAN-CVE-2026-6844CGA-2374-47m3-6x5m
Published 22-04-2026Last modified 01-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-6844 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in gnu binutils. EPSS estimates a 0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.15%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 22-04-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A flaw was found in the `readelf` utility of the binutils package. A local attacker could exploit two Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerabilities by providing a specially crafted Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) file. One vulnerability, a resource exhaustion (CWE-400), can lead to an out-of-memory condition. The other, a null pointer dereference (CWE-476), can cause a segmentation fault. Both issues can result in the `readelf` utility becoming unresponsive or crashing, leading to a denial of service.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 6 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.15%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

4%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 0.10% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.15%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Chainguard6 products
  • binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • binutils-arm-none-eabiAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • binutils-arm-none-eabi-docAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • binutils-devAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • binutils-docAll versions (No fix recorded)
Wolfi4 products
  • binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • binutils-devAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • binutils-docAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • binutils-goldAll versions (No fix recorded)
Redhat3 products
Debian1 product
  • binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded)
Gnu1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • binutilsAll versions (No fix recorded)

6 vendors · 16 products

References

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