Description

A flaw was found in binutils. A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists when processing a specially crafted XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file during linking. A local attacker could trick a user into processing this malicious file, which could lead to arbitrary code execution, allowing the attacker to run unauthorized commands, or cause a denial of service, making the system unavailable.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-04-22T08:37:14.233Z

Last Modified :

2026-05-07T20:03:22.592Z

Source :

redhat
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-6846 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Iputils
  • Iputils
Redhat
  • Enterprise Linux
  • Hardened Images
  • Hummingbird
  • Openshift
  • Openshift Container Platform
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2026-6846.

URL Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6846 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460006 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6846 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6846 cve-icon
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