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TI-2026-74867 Aliases CVE-2026-55246

Heap buffer overflow in bincookie parsing of binarycookies files

Priority HIGH 69CWE-122Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-122 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Tatsh bincookie versions before 0.1.9 are affected. The header-only binarycookies parser trusts the file-controlled num_pages field as a loop bound in bincookie_init_file(), so a crafted file makes the loop write past a heap allocation (CWE-122). An application that parses an attacker-supplied binarycookies file may crash or suffer heap corruption that can potentially enable code execution. The source notes a proof-of-concept exists in its SSVC data but no public exploit is linked in the references.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06

Description from the CNA

bincookie is a header-only binarycookies parser. Prior to 0.1.9, bincookie_init_file() in bincookie.h allocates a buffer using the actual .binarycookies file length but trusts the file-controlled num_pages field as the loop bound for byte-swapping page_sizes entries. A crafted file can make the loop read and write beyond the heap allocation, and related unvalidated page sizes and cookie_offsets can drive additional out-of-bounds accesses in page and cookie iteration. Applications that parse an attacker-supplied binarycookies file may crash or suffer heap corruption that can potentially enable code execution. This issue is fixed in version 0.1.9.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00222 12th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed bincookie (Tatsh): 0.1.9

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
Tatshbincookiebefore 0.1.90.1.9Patch availableCNA
  • bincookie VendorTatsh Affected before 0.1.9 Fixed in 0.1.9 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Update Tatsh bincookie to version 0.1.9, which fixes the issue.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06

  • Fix · CNA bincookie (Tatsh) Fixed in 0.1.9

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-55246
  2. 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
  3. 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat

References

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