CVE-2026-6845Medium· 5.0▾ SunlitA 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 …
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 27.5 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 0
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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.
binutilshardened_imagesopenshift_container_platform = 4.0enterprise_linux = 6.0enterprise_linux = 7.0enterprise_linux = 8.0enterprise_linux = 9.0enterprise_linux = 10.0Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
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