Medium5.0Red Hat & Ubuntu Linux

Denial of Service via crafted ELF file

CVE-2026-6845 Published Apr 13, 2026

CVE-2026-6845

Affected products & platforms

Red Hat & Ubuntu LinuxUnclassified

Summary

Denial of Service via crafted ELF file. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 5). Weakness: CWE-476. Affected package(s): binutils-main. Resolved in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:34924 — update the affected packages (`sudo dnf update`).

Affected versions

binutils-main-2.45.1-5.2.hum1

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Fixed versions

RHSA-2026:34924

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Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

Update the affected package(s) to the fixed version shipped in RHSA-2026:34924 (`sudo dnf update` / `yum update`).

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