A flaw was found in the GNU Binutils BFD library, a widely used component for handling binary files such as object files and executables. The issue occurs when processing specially crafted XCOFF object files, where a relocation type value is not properly validated before being used. This can cause the program to read memory outside of intended bounds. As a result, affected tools may crash or expose unintended memory contents, leading to denial-of-service or limited information disclosure risks.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - A flaw was found in the GNU Binutils BFD library, a widely used component for handling binary files such
    as object files and executables. The issue occurs when processing specially crafted XCOFF object files,
    where a relocation type value is not properly validated before being used. This can cause the program to
    read memory outside of intended bounds. As a result, affected tools may crash or expose unintended memory
    contents, leading to denial-of-service or limited information disclosure risks. (CVE-2026-4647)

The AlmaLinux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1775726631 advisory.

  - A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c. This may     lead to loss of availability. (CVE-2023-1972)

  - A flaw has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame of the file     bfd/elf-eh-frame.c of the component Linker. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow.
    The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is     called ea1a0737c7692737a644af0486b71e4a392cbca8. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue. The     code maintainer replied with [f]ixed for 2.46. (CVE-2025-11082)

  - A security flaw has been discovered in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function tg_tag_type of the file     prdbg.c. Performing a manipulation results in unchecked return value. The attack needs to be approached     locally. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. (CVE-2025-11839)

  - A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function vfinfo of the     file ldmisc.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be executed     locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. This patch is     called 16357. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue. (CVE-2025-11840)

  - A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.43/2.44 and classified as problematic. Affected by this     vulnerability is the function display_info of the file binutils/bucomm.c of the component objdump. The     manipulation leads to memory leak. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed     to the public and may be used. The patch is named ba6ad3a18cb26b79e0e3b84c39f707535bbc344d. It is     recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. (CVE-2025-3198)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Rocky Linux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1775726631 advisory.

  - A potential heap based buffer overflow was found in _bfd_elf_slurp_version_tables() in bfd/elf.c. This may     lead to loss of availability. (CVE-2023-1972)

  - A flaw has been found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function _bfd_elf_parse_eh_frame of the file     bfd/elf-eh-frame.c of the component Linker. Executing manipulation can lead to heap-based buffer overflow.
    The attack is restricted to local execution. The exploit has been published and may be used. This patch is     called ea1a0737c7692737a644af0486b71e4a392cbca8. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue. The     code maintainer replied with [f]ixed for 2.46. (CVE-2025-11082)

  - A security flaw has been discovered in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function tg_tag_type of the file     prdbg.c. Performing a manipulation results in unchecked return value. The attack needs to be approached     locally. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. (CVE-2025-11839)

  - A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function vfinfo of the     file ldmisc.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be executed     locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. This patch is     called 16357. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue. (CVE-2025-11840)

  - A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.43/2.44 and classified as problematic. Affected by this     vulnerability is the function display_info of the file binutils/bucomm.c of the component objdump. The     manipulation leads to memory leak. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed     to the public and may be used. The patch is named ba6ad3a18cb26b79e0e3b84c39f707535bbc344d. It is     recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. (CVE-2025-3198)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The AlmaLinux 9.2 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1777949670 advisory.

  - A security flaw has been discovered in GNU Binutils 2.45. Impacted is the function tg_tag_type of the file     prdbg.c. Performing a manipulation results in unchecked return value. The attack needs to be approached     locally. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. (CVE-2025-11839)

  - A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.45. The affected element is the function vfinfo of the     file ldmisc.c. Executing a manipulation can lead to out-of-bounds read. The attack can only be executed     locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. This patch is     called 16357. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue. (CVE-2025-11840)

  - A vulnerability has been found in GNU Binutils 2.43/2.44 and classified as problematic. Affected by this     vulnerability is the function display_info of the file binutils/bucomm.c of the component objdump. The     manipulation leads to memory leak. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploit has been disclosed     to the public and may be used. The patch is named ba6ad3a18cb26b79e0e3b84c39f707535bbc344d. It is     recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. (CVE-2025-3198)

  - Binutils objdump contains a denial-of-service vulnerability when processing a crafted binary with     malformed DWARF debug information. A logic error in the handling of DWARF compilation units can result in     an invalid offset_size value being used inside byte_get_little_endian, leading to an abort (SIGABRT). The     issue was observed in binutils 2.44. A local attacker can trigger the crash by supplying a malicious input     file. (CVE-2025-69645)

  - GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an abort (SIGABRT) when processing a     crafted ELF binary with malformed DWARF abbrev or debug information. Due to incomplete state cleanup in     process_debug_info(), an invalid debug_info_p state may propagate into DWARF attribute parsing routines.
    When certain malformed attributes result in an unexpected data length of zero, byte_get_little_endian()     triggers a fatal abort. No evidence of memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is     limited to denial of service. (CVE-2025-69652)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the binutils packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    A flaw was found in the GNU Binutils BFD library, a widely used component for handling binary files such     as object files and executables. The issue occurs when processing specially crafted XCOFF object files,     where a relocation type value is not properly validated before being used. This can cause the program to     read memory outside of intended bounds. As a result, affected tools may crash or expose unintended memory     contents, leading to denial-of-service or limited information disclosure risks.(CVE-2026-4647)

    A flaw was found in GNU Binutils. This heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability, specifically an out-of-     bounds read in the bfd linker, allows an attacker to gain access to sensitive information. By convincing a     user to process a specially crafted XCOFF object file, an attacker can trigger this flaw, potentially     leading to information disclosure or an application level denial of service.(CVE-2026-3441)

    A flaw was found in GNU Binutils. This vulnerability, a heap-based buffer overflow, specifically an out-     of-bounds read, exists in the bfd linker component. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to     process a specially crafted malicious XCOFF object file. Successful exploitation may lead to the     disclosure of sensitive information or cause the application to crash, resulting in an application level     denial of service.(CVE-2026-3442)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS binutils security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the binutils packages installed, the EulerOS Virtualization installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    A flaw was found in GNU Binutils. This heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability, specifically an out-of-     bounds read in the bfd linker, allows an attacker to gain access to sensitive information. By convincing a     user to process a specially crafted XCOFF object file, an attacker can trigger this flaw, potentially     leading to information disclosure or an application level denial of service.(CVE-2026-3441)

    GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability when processing a crafted     ELF binary with malformed header fields. During relocation processing, an invalid or null section pointer     may be passed into display_relocations(), resulting in a segmentation fault (SIGSEGV) and abrupt     termination. No evidence of memory corruption beyond the null pointer dereference, nor any possibility of     code execution, was observed.(CVE-2025-69649)

    A flaw was found in GNU Binutils. This vulnerability, a heap-based buffer overflow, specifically an out-     of-bounds read, exists in the bfd linker component. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to     process a specially crafted malicious XCOFF object file. Successful exploitation may lead to the     disclosure of sensitive information or cause the application to crash, resulting in an application level     denial of service.(CVE-2026-3442)

    GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an abort (SIGABRT) when processing a     crafted ELF binary with malformed DWARF abbrev or debug information. Due to incomplete state cleanup in     process_debug_info(), an invalid debug_info_p state may propagate into DWARF attribute parsing routines.
    When certain malformed attributes result in an unexpected data length of zero, byte_get_little_endian()     triggers a fatal abort. No evidence of memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is     limited to denial of service.(CVE-2025-69652)

    A flaw was found in the GNU Binutils BFD library, a widely used component for handling binary files such     as object files and executables. The issue occurs when processing specially crafted XCOFF object files,     where a relocation type value is not properly validated before being used. This can cause the program to     read memory outside of intended bounds. As a result, affected tools may crash or expose unintended memory     contents, leading to denial-of-service or limited information disclosure risks.(CVE-2026-4647)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS Virtualization binutils security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

According to the versions of the binutils packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

    A flaw was found in GNU Binutils. This heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability, specifically an out-of-     bounds read in the bfd linker, allows an attacker to gain access to sensitive information. By convincing a     user to process a specially crafted XCOFF object file, an attacker can trigger this flaw, potentially     leading to information disclosure or an application level denial of service.(CVE-2026-3441)

    GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a null pointer dereference vulnerability when processing a crafted     ELF binary with malformed header fields. During relocation processing, an invalid or null section pointer     may be passed into display_relocations(), resulting in a segmentation fault (SIGSEGV) and abrupt     termination. No evidence of memory corruption beyond the null pointer dereference, nor any possibility of     code execution, was observed.(CVE-2025-69649)

    A flaw was found in GNU Binutils. This vulnerability, a heap-based buffer overflow, specifically an out-     of-bounds read, exists in the bfd linker component. An attacker could exploit this by convincing a user to     process a specially crafted malicious XCOFF object file. Successful exploitation may lead to the     disclosure of sensitive information or cause the application to crash, resulting in an application level     denial of service.(CVE-2026-3442)

    GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a vulnerability that leads to an abort (SIGABRT) when processing a     crafted ELF binary with malformed DWARF abbrev or debug information. Due to incomplete state cleanup in     process_debug_info(), an invalid debug_info_p state may propagate into DWARF attribute parsing routines.
    When certain malformed attributes result in an unexpected data length of zero, byte_get_little_endian()     triggers a fatal abort. No evidence of memory corruption or code execution was observed; the impact is     limited to denial of service.(CVE-2025-69652)

    A flaw was found in the GNU Binutils BFD library, a widely used component for handling binary files such     as object files and executables. The issue occurs when processing specially crafted XCOFF object files,     where a relocation type value is not properly validated before being used. This can cause the program to     read memory outside of intended bounds. As a result, affected tools may crash or expose unintended memory     contents, leading to denial-of-service or limited information disclosure risks.(CVE-2026-4647)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS binutils security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-fe96f3532b advisory.

    Backport fixes for multiple CVEs.


Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-9174e6ea37 advisory.

    Backport fixes for multiple CVEs.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 44 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-d79ba951dd advisory.

    Fix CVE-2026-4647.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 42 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-62cea4650e advisory.

    Fix CVE-2026-4647.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Fedora 43 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-0b2e9c67ef advisory.

    Fix CVE-2026-4647.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - A flaw was found in the GNU Binutils BFD library, a widely used component for handling binary files such     as object files and executables. The issue occurs when processing specially crafted XCOFF object files,     where a relocation type value is not properly validated before being used. This can cause the program to     read memory outside of intended bounds. As a result, affected tools may crash or expose unintended memory     contents, leading to denial-of-service or limited information disclosure risks. (CVE-2026-4647)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
465677	Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.90.20260201+really2.45.50.20251201-1+e5	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
465677	Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.90.20260201+really2.45.50.20251201-1+e5	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
360888	AlmaLinux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: binutils / binutils-devel / binutils-gold / cross-binutils-aarch64 / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1775726631)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
360758	Rocky Linux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: binutils / binutils-devel / binutils-gold / cross-binutils-aarch64 / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1775726631)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
359801	AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: binutils / binutils-devel / binutils-gold / cross-binutils-aarch64 / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1777949670)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	Local	medium
323182	EulerOS 2.0 SP15 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2026-2476)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
323149	EulerOS 2.0 SP15 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2026-2435)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
320752	EulerOS Virtualization 2.13.1 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2026-2367)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
320717	EulerOS Virtualization 2.13.0 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2026-2396)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
320265	EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2026-2323)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
320262	EulerOS 2.0 SP13 : binutils (EulerOS-SA-2026-2280)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	Local	high
305033	Fedora 42 : mingw-binutils (2026-fe96f3532b)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
305026	Fedora 43 : mingw-binutils (2026-9174e6ea37)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
304452	Fedora 44 : insight (2026-d79ba951dd)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
304451	Fedora 42 : insight (2026-62cea4650e)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
304443	Fedora 43 : insight (2026-0b2e9c67ef)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	medium
303378	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-4647	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

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