A vulnerability was detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. Affected by this vulnerability is the function elf_x86_allocate_dynrelocs of the file bfd/elfxx-x86.c of the component Dynamic Relocation Allocation. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.48 addresses this issue. The patch is identified as d1268210b6f6/471130b39c0/283d3198bed/0a84e560216/a692a633d40. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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

  - A vulnerability was detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. Affected by this vulnerability is the function
    elf_x86_allocate_dynrelocs of the file bfd/elfxx-x86.c of the component Dynamic Relocation Allocation. The
    manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now
    public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.48 addresses this issue. The patch is identified as
    d1268210b6f6/471130b39c0/283d3198bed/0a84e560216/a692a633d40. Upgrading the affected component is
    recommended. (CVE-2026-91782)

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

  - A vulnerability was detected in GNU Binutils 2.47. Affected by this vulnerability is the function     elf_x86_allocate_dynrelocs of the file bfd/elfxx-x86.c of the component Dynamic Relocation Allocation. The     manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack requires a local approach. The exploit is now     public and may be used. Upgrading to version 2.48 addresses this issue. The patch is identified as     d1268210b6f6/471130b39c0/283d3198bed/0a84e560216/a692a633d40. Upgrading the affected component is     recommended. (CVE-2026-91782)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
457160	Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.90.20260201+really2.45.50.20251201-1+e10	Tenable Cloud Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
457160	Echo: binutils: security update to 2.45.90.20260201+really2.45.50.20251201-1+e10	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Echo Local Security Checks	Local	medium
349291	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-91782	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium

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