# BEAM VM crash via integer underflow in binary_to_term BIT_BINARY_EXT decoding

CVE record · `CVE-2026-54890`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-54890`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.2 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** EEF
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-191](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/191.html) · [CWE-789](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/789.html) · [CWE-1284](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1284.html)
- **Tags:** [Memory corruption](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/memory-corruption.md) · [Denial of service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/dos.md) · [CWE-1284](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-1284.md)
- **Technologies:** [Erlang OTP](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/erlang-otp.md)
- **Published:** 27 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 28 Jul 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: EEF) at 27 Jul 2026, 15:39 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Erlang. Product: OTP.
  - affected: `15.0 to before *` (otp)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `erts`
  - purl: `pkg:otp/erts?repository_url=https:%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Ferlang%2Fotp&vcs_url=git%20https:%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Ferlang%2Fotp.git`
- Vendor: Erlang. Product: OTP.
  - affected: `27.0 to before *` (otp)
  - affected: `24ef4cbaeda9b9c26682cba75f2f15b0c58722aa to before dc1bf9344c0ce62717cf60866590cea0242780fd` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
  - Package name: `erlang/otp`
  - Collection: `https://github.com`
  - purl: `pkg:github/erlang/otp`

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.2 High, CVSS 4.0: `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`, from CNA (EEF)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0042, the 36th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 27 Jul 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-54890](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-54890)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-54890](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54890)

### References from the CNA

- <https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-54pw-5645-jh86> (vendor-advisory, related)
- <https://cna.erlef.org/cves/CVE-2026-54890.html> (related)
- <https://osv.dev/vulnerability/EEF-CVE-2026-54890> (related)
- <https://www.erlang.org/doc/system/versions.html#order-of-versions> (version-scheme)
- <https://github.com/erlang/otp/commit/dc1bf9344c0ce62717cf60866590cea0242780fd> (patch)

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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