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TI-2026-29264 Aliases CVE-2026-40517GHSA-3xv9-7r7g-8q6f

radare2 < 6.1.4 Command Injection via PDB Parser Symbol Names

Priority HIGH 72CWE-78Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Active
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.

Summary

radare2 prior to 6.1.4 contains a command injection vulnerability in the PDB parser's print_gvars() function that allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands by crafting a malicious PDB file with newline characters in symbol names. Attackers can inject arbitrary radare2 commands through unsanitized symbol name interpolation in the flag rename command, which are then executed when a user runs the idp command against the malicious PDB file, enabling arbitrary OS command execution through radare2's shell execution operator.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01051 64th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed radare2 (radareorg): 6.1.4

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
radareorgradare2before 6.1.46.1.4Patch availableCNA
  • radare2 Vendorradareorg Affected before 6.1.4 Fixed in 6.1.4 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:radare:radare2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 6.1.4Vulnerableradareorg
  • cpe:2.3:a:radare:radare2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 6.1.4 Vulnerable ·radareorg

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA radare2 (radareorg) Fixed in 6.1.4

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-40517
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3xv9-7r7g-8q6f

References

Exploit 2

Other 1

  • TI-2023-25089 An out-of-bounds read in radare2 v.5.8.9 and before exists in the print_insn32 function… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-25088 An out-of-bounds read in radare2 v.5.8.9 and before exists in the print_insn32_fpu… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-12172 Radare2 has a division by zero vulnerability in Mach-O parser's rebase_buffer function. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-07640 radare2 6.1.5 Use-After-Free via gdbr_pids_list() CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-07639 radare2 6.1.5 Use-After-Free via gdbr_threads_list() CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2023-03993 Heap-based Buffer Overflow in radareorg/radare2 CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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