CVE-2026-90801

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90801
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90801.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-90801
Downstream
Published
2026-09-14T16:15:14Z
Modified
2026-09-20T11:47:12Z
Severity
  • 1.9 (Low) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P CVSS Calculator
Summary
GNU Binutils ld cache.c cache_bwrite buffer overflow
Details

A security flaw has been discovered in GNU Binutils 2.47. This impacts the function cache_bwrite of the file bfd/cache.c of the component ld. The manipulation of the argument nbytes results in buffer overflow. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through a bug report but has not responded yet.

Database specific 
{
    "cna_assigner": "VulDB",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-119",
        "CWE-120"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/90xxx/CVE-2026-90801.json",
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "introduced": "2.47"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "2.47"
                }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

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

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://sourceware.org/git/binutils-gdb.git
Events
Introduced
6ce87bbc521cf46eaee9a1f7ef61cee2cdfb3e32
Last Affected
6ce87bbc521cf46eaee9a1f7ef61cee2cdfb3e32
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "introduced": "2.47"
        },
        {
            "last_affected": "2.47"
        }
    ],
    "source": "CPE_STRING"
}

Affected versions

2.*
2.47
Other
binutils-2_47

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90801.json"