CVE-2026-90829

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 weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.47. This issue affects the function bfd_elf_set_group_contents of the file bfd/elf.c of the component SHT_GROUP Section Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be launched locally. The exploit has been made available to the public and could 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
6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 14, 2026

Last Modified

September 16, 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
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/attachment.cgi?id=16883
generic

34451 – ld: SEGV in bfd_elf_set_group_contents (bfd/elf.c:3952) via malformed SHT_GROUP section with `-r`

https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34451

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-90829(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 21× in last 7d / 21× 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 21:00 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-19 21:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-18 20:12 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-09-18 20:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-09-17 19:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-17 19:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-16 15:44 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-16 15:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-16 14:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-16 05:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-15 15:32 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-09-15 15:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-15 15:31 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 1.9
  15. 2026-09-15 14:57 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v4 → 4.8
  16. 2026-09-15 14:53 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-15 14:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-14 23:22 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-14 23:21 UTCNVD updateCVSS v4 → 1.9
  20. 2026-09-14 22:24 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-14 22:24 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-90829?
CVE-2026-90829 is a medium vulnerability published on September 14, 2026. A weakness has been identified in GNU Binutils 2.47. This issue affects the function bfdelfsetgroupcontents of the file bfd/elf.c of the component SHT_GROUP Section Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to null pointer dereference. The attack needs to be launched locally. The exploit has been…
When was CVE-2026-90829 disclosed?
CVE-2026-90829 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 14, 2026, with the most recent update on September 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-90829 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-90829 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 93.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-90829?
CVE-2026-90829 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-90829?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-90829, 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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