CVE-2026-6845

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6845
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-6845.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-6845
Downstream
Published
2026-04-22T07:54:19.164Z
Modified
2026-07-08T08:11:37.268254062Z
Severity
  • 5.0 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Binutils: binutils: denial of service via crafted elf file
Details

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.

Database specific 
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/6xxx/CVE-2026-6845.json",
    "cna_assigner": "redhat",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-476"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git
Events
Introduced
a44161c313d46a1b10fd764728a089c26037710a
Last affected
1f1c02597cc199227226251a2ea51fe5f44b4d6d
Database specific 
{
    "cpe": [
        "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:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
        "cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "4.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "4.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "6.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "6.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "7.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "7.0"
        },
        {
            "introduced": "8.0"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "8.0"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

4.*
4.0
6.*
6.0
7.*
7.0
8.*
8.0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-6845.json"