CVE-2026-90828

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.35.3—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.3 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-09-15. a secondary CVSS source baseline 5.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekElevated
5.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.3Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

A security flaw has been discovered in GNU Binutils 2.47. This vulnerability affects the function elf_orphan_compatible of the file ld/ldelf.c of the component ELF Orphan Section Handler. Performing a manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The project was informed of the problem early through a bug report but has not responded yet.

CVSS v3
5.3
EG Score
5.3(high)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity53% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 14, 2026

Last Modified

September 15, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Sep 14, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

The GNU Operating System and the Free Software Movement

https://www.gnu.org/
generic

34450 – ld: SEGV in elf_orphan_compatible (ld/ldelf.c:2092) during orphan section placement with `-r`

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34450
generic
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16882

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-90828(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 22× in last 7d / 22× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. 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. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-19 15:54 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-19 15:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-18 15:35 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-18 15:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-17 15:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-16 15:07 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-16 15:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-16 14:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-15 14:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-15 14:34 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-15 14:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-15 14:31 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 1.9
  16. 2026-09-15 14:03 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-15 14:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-15 14:03 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v4 → 4.8
  19. 2026-09-14 22:19 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-14 22:19 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 1.9
  21. 2026-09-14 22:06 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-14 22:04 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-90828?
CVE-2026-90828 is a medium vulnerability published on September 14, 2026. A security flaw has been discovered in GNU Binutils 2.47. This vulnerability affects the function elforphancompatible of the file ld/ldelf.c of the component ELF Orphan Section Handler. Performing a manipulation results in null pointer dereference. The attack must be initiated from a local…
When was CVE-2026-90828 disclosed?
CVE-2026-90828 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 14, 2026, with the most recent update on September 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-90828 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-90828 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 95.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-90828?
CVE-2026-90828 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-90828?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-90828, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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