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medium 5.6

CVE-2026-15003 json

Binutils: gnu binutils: heap-buffer-overflow in linker leads to information disclosure and denial of service

published 2026-07-27 3 mo ago modified 2026-11-06 3 d ago also EUVD-2026-49202

cvss
5.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 4%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A flaw was found in the GNU Binutils (Binary Utilities) linker. This vulnerability, a heap-buffer-overflow read (CWE-125), occurs when the linker processes a specially crafted 32-bit XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file. An attacker could exploit this by providing a malicious file, leading to an out-of-bounds read of memory. This can result in information disclosure, potentially revealing sensitive heap data, and a Denial of Service (DoS) due to the linker crashing.

Patch / fix

  • Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images 2.46.1-1.1.hum1
  • binutils Debian 14 2.47-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-15003

  • binutils hummingbird 1 2.46.1-1.1.hum1
  • binutils-gold hummingbird 1 2.46.1-1.1.hum1
  • binutils-gprofng hummingbird 1 2.46.1-1.1.hum1

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:47171

  • binutils openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.47-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11932-1

  • binutils Azure Linux 3.0 2.41-13
  • gdb Azure Linux 3.0 13.2-11

azure linux advisories AZL-94187AZL-94211

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-15003 updated cvss 5.6

binutils: GNU Binutils: Heap-buffer-overflow in linker leads to information disclosure and denial of service

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 binutils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 gdb, binutils, gdb-gdbserver Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 gdb, binutils, gdb-headless, gdb-gdbserver, mingw-binutils, mingw32-binutils, +10 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 gdb, binutils, gdb-minimal, gdb-headless, binutils-gold, gdb-gdbserver, +11 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 gdb, binutils, mingw-binutils, mingw32-binutils, mingw64-binutils, gcc-toolset-15-binutils, +1 more Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
    +1 more products
    Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9
    under investigation
  • Red Hat Hardened Images binutils 2.46.1-1.1.hum1, binutils-gold 2.46.1-1.1.hum1, binutils-gprofng 2.46.1-1.1.hum1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:47171

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
3 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 4% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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