CVE-2026-6845

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.05.0
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 5.0 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-04-22. A secondary CVSS source baseline 5.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
5.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.1%CVSS: 5.0Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

A flaw was found in binutils, specifically within the readelf utility. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) file. The exploitation of this flaw can lead to the system becoming unresponsive due to excessive resource consumption or a program crash.

CVSS v3
5.0
EG Score
5.0MEDIUMmedium confidence
EG Risk
23
EG Risk 23/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity50% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 5.0 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.1% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at every mission impact level.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.1%
EPSS %ILE
3rd
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (5.0): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 5.0 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
5.0 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.1% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-17). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

April 22, 2026

Last Modified

September 1, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 14, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
Red Hat

2460012 – (CVE-2026-6845) CVE-2026-6845 binutils: Binutils: Denial of Service via crafted ELF file

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460012
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

cve-details

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6845

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatbinutils-main-2.46.1-1.hum12026-07-13redhat
redhatbinutils-main-2.45.1-5.2.hum12026-07-02redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
binutils2.35.2-2 ... 2.47-2 (213 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
binutils2.40-2 ... 2.47.50.20260901-1 (126 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
binutils2.44-3 ... 2.47.50.20260901-1 (52 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
binutils2.44-3 ... 2.47.50.20260901-1 (52 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 32× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 98 of 219 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 2 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 121 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-20 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
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  14. 2026-10-11 13:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 3rd percentile
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  16. 2026-10-10 00:55 UTCOSV refresh
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  8. 2026-09-20 09:03 UTCOSV refresh
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  24. 2026-09-01 12:27 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-01 12:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-chmq-57c3-4p7v · GitHub CVSS 5.0
  26. 2026-09-01 11:50 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-09-01 11:50 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-09-01 11:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-chmq-57c3-4p7v · GitHub CVSS 5.0
  29. 2026-09-01 04:40 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 4th percentile
  30. 2026-08-31 16:42 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-08-31 16:42 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-08-31 16:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-chmq-57c3-4p7v · GitHub CVSS 5.0
  33. 2026-08-31 15:08 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-08-31 15:08 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-08-31 15:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-chmq-57c3-4p7v · GitHub CVSS 5.0
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  40. 2026-08-26 19:23 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-08-26 19:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-chmq-57c3-4p7v · GitHub CVSS 5.0
  42. 2026-08-26 18:42 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-08-26 18:42 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-08-26 18:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-chmq-57c3-4p7v · GitHub CVSS 5.0
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  55. 2026-08-16 06:02 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-08-16 06:02 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-chmq-57c3-4p7v · GitHub CVSS 5.0
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  60. 2026-08-14 04:21 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-08-14 04:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-chmq-57c3-4p7v · GitHub CVSS 5.0
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  65. 2026-08-12 18:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-chmq-57c3-4p7v · GitHub CVSS 5.0
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  69. 2026-08-11 05:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-chmq-57c3-4p7v · GitHub CVSS 5.0
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  73. 2026-08-10 04:23 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-chmq-57c3-4p7v · GitHub CVSS 5.0

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-6845?
CVE-2026-6845 is a medium-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on April 22, 2026. A flaw was found in binutils, specifically within the readelf utility. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by tricking a user into processing a specially crafted Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) file. The exploitation of this flaw can lead to the system…
When was CVE-2026-6845 made public?
CVE-2026-6845 was made public on April 13, 2026: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, Red Hat, Inc., gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on April 22, 2026. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of September 1, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-6845 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-6845 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (3rd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-6845?
CVE-2026-6845 has a CVSS base score of 5.0 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-6845?
A fix for CVE-2026-6845 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-6845 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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