CVE-2026-6845

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.05.0—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.0 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-04-22. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
5.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.0Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
5.0
EG Score
5.0(medium)
EG Risk
23(Track)
EG Risk 23/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity50% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 22, 2026

Last Modified

September 1, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 14, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat

2460012 – (CVE-2026-6845) CVE-2026-6845 binutils: Binutils: Denial of Service via crafted ELF file

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460012
redhat Patch Available

cve-details

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6845

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-6845(4)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatbinutils-main-2.46.1-1.hum12026-07-13redhat
redhatbinutils-main-2.45.1-5.2.hum12026-07-02redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
binutils2.35.2-2 ... 2.47-2 (213 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
binutils2.40-2 ... 2.47.50.20260901-1 (122 versions)——
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
binutils2.44-3 ... 2.47.50.20260901-1 (48 versions)——
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
binutils2.44-3 ... 2.47.50.20260901-1 (48 versions)——

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 4× in last 7d / 41× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 188 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
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  16. 2026-09-01 12:27 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-09-01 12:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  20. 2026-09-01 11:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  23. 2026-08-31 16:42 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-08-31 16:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-31 15:08 UTCVendor advisory
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  6. 2026-08-26 19:23 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-26 19:23 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-08-26 19:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  10. 2026-08-26 18:42 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-08-26 18:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  24. 2026-08-16 06:02 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-08-16 06:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
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  28. 2026-08-14 04:21 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-14 04:21 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-08-14 04:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-08-12 18:33 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-08-12 18:33 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-08-12 18:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  36. 2026-08-11 05:11 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-08-11 05:11 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-08-11 05:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-08-10 04:23 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-08-10 04:23 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-08-10 04:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-08-09 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-08-09 03:34 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-08-09 03:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-07 12:50 UTCEG score recompute
  47. 2026-08-07 12:50 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-08-07 12:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-08-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-08-05 23:05 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-08-05 23:05 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-08-05 23:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  58. 2026-08-03 21:16 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-08-03 21:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-08-03 10:36 UTCEPSS rescore
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  62. 2026-08-02 12:32 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-08-02 12:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-6845?
CVE-2026-6845 is a medium vulnerability published on April 22, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2026-6845 disclosed?
CVE-2026-6845 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 22, 2026, with the most recent update on September 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-6845 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-6845 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 95.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-6845?
CVE-2026-6845 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-6845?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-6845, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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