CVE-2026-90802: GNU Binutils

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
GNU	Binutils	affected 2.47

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
4.8	Medium	4.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P	CNA (VulDB)Used for this record
4.4	Medium	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R	CNA (VulDB)
4.4	Medium	3.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R	CNA (VulDB)
3.2	Low	2.0	AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR	CNA (VulDB)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0018, the 7th percentile, on 6 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 14 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

vuldb.com/vuln/403304 vdb-entrytechnical-description
vuldb.com/vuln/403304/cti signaturepermissions-required
vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-90802 third-party-advisory
vuldb.com/submit/920277 third-party-advisory
sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34443 issue-tracking
www.gnu.org/ broken-linkproduct
github.com/r1ck9-2q/cve_summit/blob/main/SEGV%20in%20%60bfd_putl64%60%20(bfdlibbfd.c989)%20during%20relocation%20output%20via%20malformed%20ELF.md exploit

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