A flaw was found in binutils. A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists when processing a specially crafted XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file during linking. A local attacker could trick a user into processing this malicious file, which could lead to arbitrary code execution, allowing the attacker to run unauthorized commands, or cause a denial of service, making the system unavailable.

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

  - A flaw was found in binutils. A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists when processing a specially
    crafted XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file during linking. A local attacker could
    trick a user into processing this malicious file, which could lead to arbitrary code execution, allowing
    the attacker to run unauthorized commands, or cause a denial of service, making the system unavailable.
    (CVE-2026-6846)

The CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare CENTOS- STREAM8:CLSA-2026:1782996728 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in binutils. A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists when processing a specially     crafted XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file during linking. A local attacker could     trick a user into processing this malicious file, which could lead to arbitrary code execution, allowing     the attacker to run unauthorized commands, or cause a denial of service, making the system unavailable.
    (CVE-2026-6846)

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

The CentOS Linux 8.5 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare CENTOS8.5:CLSA-2026:1783079440 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in binutils. A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists when processing a specially     crafted XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file during linking. A local attacker could     trick a user into processing this malicious file, which could lead to arbitrary code execution, allowing     the attacker to run unauthorized commands, or cause a denial of service, making the system unavailable.
    (CVE-2026-6846)

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

The AlmaLinux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1782997495 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in binutils. A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists when processing a specially     crafted XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file during linking. A local attacker could     trick a user into processing this malicious file, which could lead to arbitrary code execution, allowing     the attacker to run unauthorized commands, or cause a denial of service, making the system unavailable.
    (CVE-2026-6846)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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 a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1782997495 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in binutils. A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists when processing a specially     crafted XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file during linking. A local attacker could     trick a user into processing this malicious file, which could lead to arbitrary code execution, allowing     the attacker to run unauthorized commands, or cause a denial of service, making the system unavailable.
    (CVE-2026-6846)

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

The CentOS Linux 8.4 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare CENTOS8.4:CLSA-2026:1783081026 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in binutils. A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists when processing a specially     crafted XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file during linking. A local attacker could     trick a user into processing this malicious file, which could lead to arbitrary code execution, allowing     the attacker to run unauthorized commands, or cause a denial of service, making the system unavailable.
    (CVE-2026-6846)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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 a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1783607257 advisory.

  - A flaw was found in binutils. A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists when processing a specially     crafted XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file during linking. A local attacker could     trick a user into processing this malicious file, which could lead to arbitrary code execution, allowing     the attacker to run unauthorized commands, or cause a denial of service, making the system unavailable.
    (CVE-2026-6846)

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 44 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the FEDORA-2026-f72d44d09e advisory.

    Fix CVE-2026-6846.

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-ce402e1f82 advisory.

    Fix CVE-2026-6846.

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-e0f5e87dd6 advisory.

    Fix CVE-2026-6846.

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 binutils. A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability exists when processing a specially     crafted XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file during linking. A local attacker could     trick a user into processing this malicious file, which could lead to arbitrary code execution, allowing     the attacker to run unauthorized commands, or cause a denial of service, making the system unavailable.
    (CVE-2026-6846)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
464667	Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.90.20260201+really2.45.50.20251201-1+e6	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	high
464667	Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.90.20260201+really2.45.50.20251201-1+e6	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	high
362189	CentOS Linux 8 [TuxCare] Security Update: binutils / binutils-devel (CENTOS-STREAM8:CLSA-2026:1782996728)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
361230	CentOS Linux 8.5 [TuxCare] Security Update: binutils / binutils-devel (CENTOS8.5:CLSA-2026:1783079440)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
360781	AlmaLinux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: binutils / binutils-devel / binutils-gold / cross-binutils-aarch64 / etc (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1782997495)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
360705	Rocky Linux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: binutils / binutils-devel / binutils-gold / cross-binutils-aarch64 / etc (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1782997495)	Nessus	Rocky Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
359784	CentOS Linux 8.4 [TuxCare] Security Update: binutils / binutils-devel (CENTOS8.4:CLSA-2026:1783081026)	Nessus	CentOS Local Security Checks	Local	high
352032	AlmaLinux 9.2 [TuxCare] Security Update: binutils / binutils-devel / binutils-gold / cross-binutils-aarch64 / etc (ALMALINUX9.2:CLSA-2026:1783607257)	Nessus	Alma Linux Local Security Checks	Local	high
312276	Fedora 44 : insight (2026-f72d44d09e)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	high
312247	Fedora 42 : insight (2026-ce402e1f82)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	high
312243	Fedora 43 : insight (2026-e0f5e87dd6)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	Local	high
309646	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-6846	Nessus	Misc.	Local	high

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