TI-2025-10454 Aliases CVE-2025-11413 GHSA-w337-wphv-g4vh

GNU Binutils Linker elflink.c elf_link_add_object_symbols out-of-bounds

MEDIUM 55CWE-119Published 2025-10-07 · Updated 2026-10-15

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Attack requirements: None
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · Low
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 1 fixed, 7 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

A vulnerability was found in GNU Binutils 2.45. Affected is the function elf_link_add_object_symbols of the file bfd/elflink.c of the component Linker. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds read. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploit has been made public and could be used. Upgrading to version 2.46 is able to address this issue. The patch is identified as 72efdf166aa0ed72ecc69fc2349af6591a7a19c0. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00224 13th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD and the CNA

Fix Partial Binutils (GNU): 2.46Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 1 fixed, 7 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
GNU	Binutils	2.45	2.46	Patch available	CNA

Binutils VendorGNU Affected 2.45 Fixed in 2.46 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.45:::::::*	2.45	Vulnerable	GNU

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:binutils:2.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.45 Vulnerable ·GNU

Remediation

Fix · CNA Binutils (GNU) Fixed in 2.46

Red Hat 1 advisory

RHSA-2026:7098 Released 2026-04-08 · Red Hat rating Moderate
Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- Red Hat Hardened Images binutils-2.45.1-5.hum1@aarch64, binutils-2.45.1-5.hum1@src, binutils-2.45.1-5.hum1@x86_64 +6

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)	Affected	—
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4	Affected	No fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Hardened Images	Fixed	RHSA-2026:7098

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-11413
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w337-wphv-g4vh
2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat

References

Exploit 3

Patch 1

https://sourceware.org/git/gitweb.cgi?p=binutils-gdb.git;h=72efdf166aa0ed72ecc69fc2349af6591a7a19c0

Other 1

https://www.gnu.org/

TI-2020-13695 An issue was discovered in binutils libbfd.c 2.36 relating to the auxiliary symbol data… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2025-42907 GNU Binutils thru 2.46 readelf contains a double free vulnerability when processing a… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2025-41071 An issue was discovered in function d_print_comp_inner in file cp-demangle.c in BinUtils… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2025-41069 An issue was discovered in function d_discriminator in file cp-demangle.c in BinUtils… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2025-41068 A buffer overflow vulnerability in function gnu_special in file cplus-dem.c in BinUtils… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
TI-2021-21105 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in function bfd_getl32 in Binutils objdump 3.37. CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5

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Sources

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