{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 4 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-6846 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-6846 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, published on 22 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-6846 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-6846 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Gnu Binutils, published on 22 Apr 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-6846 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Gnu Binutils. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-6846/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-6846/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-6846","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-6846/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-6846","record":{"aliases":["AZL-85514","AZL-85536","CLSA-2026-1782996728","CLSA-2026-1782997495","CLSA-2026-1783079440","CLSA-2026-1783081026","CLSA-2026-1783092647","CLSA-2026-1783342154","CLSA-2026-1783420767","CLSA-2026-1783607257","CLSA-2026-1786358668","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-6846","ECHO-e17a-d8bd-8b20","GHSA-c64w-hpm6-xx8w","MINI-3394-ghq2-fwmw","ROOT-OS-ALPINE-319-CVE-2026-6846","ROOT-OS-ALPINE-321-CVE-2026-6846","ROOT-OS-ALPINE-322-CVE-2026-6846","ROOT-OS-ALPINE-323-CVE-2026-6846","ROOT-OS-ALPINE-324-CVE-2026-6846","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6846"],"analysis":{"component_type":"developer_tool","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Binutils linker","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A heap-buffer-overflow in Binutils allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via crafted XCOFF files.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"memory_corruption"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"redhat","cpe":[{"product":"binutils","vendor":"gnu"},{"product":"enterprise_linux","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"hardened_images","vendor":"redhat"},{"product":"openshift_container_platform","vendor":"redhat"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-122","name":"Heap-based Buffer Overflow"}],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Binutils: binutils: arbitrary code execution via malformed xcoff object file processing","id":"CVE-2026-6846","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"gnu:binutils","products":["gnu:binutils","redhat:enterprise_linux","redhat:hardened_images","redhat:openshift_container_platform"],"type":"memory_corruption","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution in ThemisNETPanel","id":"CVE-2026-6847"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Binutils: binutils: denial of service via crafted elf file","id":"CVE-2026-6845"},"products":["Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10","Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6","Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7","Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8","Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9","Red Hat Hardened Images","Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"],"published":"2026-04-22","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Null dereference in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-7614","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-04-09"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2014-9939","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-03-21"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-7226","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-03-22"},{"cvss_score":9.1,"headline":"Information disclosure in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-6969","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-03-17"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Denial of service in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-19726","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-08-22"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2022-44840","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-08-22"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-09-01","vendors":["Red Hat"]},"summary":"A heap-buffer-overflow in Binutils allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service via crafted XCOFF files.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-6846/"}