CVE-2026-90830

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-90830
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-90830.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-90830
Downstream
Published
2026-09-14T22:30:16Z
Modified
2026-09-18T03:48:41Z
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 Section Merge merge.c _bfd_write_merged_section null pointer dereference
Details

A security vulnerability has been detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. Impacted is the function _bfd_write_merged_section of the file bfd/merge.c of the component Section Merge. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. 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-404",
        "CWE-476"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/90xxx/CVE-2026-90830.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-2026-90830.json"