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TI-2026-56491 Aliases CVE-2026-81880

radare2: Uncontrolled resource consumption in radare2 PEF loader

Priority LOW 24CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

radare2 is a UNIX-like reverse engineering framework and command-line toolset. Prior to 6.2.0, radare2's Apple Preferred Executable Format loader was vulnerable because the PEF loader accepted relocSecCount values that were not bounded by the number of sections or complete relocation records in the input. The vulnerability is triggered by normal binary-format auto-detection of a small crafted Apple PEF file. The loader could perform up to 268,435,456 relocation-section iterations and repeated buffer operations after record offsets passed the end of the file. This can cause denial of service through excessive CPU consumption and prolonged processing. This issue is fixed in version 6.2.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00139 3rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed radare2 (radareorg): 6.2.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
radareorgradare2before 6.2.06.2.0Patch availableCNA
  • radare2 Vendorradareorg Affected before 6.2.0 Fixed in 6.2.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:radare:radare2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 6.2.0Vulnerableradareorg
  • cpe:2.3:a:radare:radare2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 6.2.0 Vulnerable ·radareorg

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA radare2 (radareorg) Fixed in 6.2.0

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-81880

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

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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