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CVE-2026-40499

CVE-2026-40499 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.4 HIGH

Reported by VulnCheck · Published April 15, 2026

radare2 prior to version 6.1.4 contains a command injection vulnerability in the PDB parser's print_gvars() function that allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands by embedding a newline byte in the PE section header name field. Attackers can craft a malicious PDB file with specially crafted section names to inject r2 commands that are executed when the idp command processes the file.

EPSS 0.04% · 11.9th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 4.0
8.4
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS Score
0.04%
11.9th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
radareorgradare20, 5590c87deeb7eb2a106fd7aab9ca88bfeebb7397
radareorgradare20, 5590c87deeb7eb2a106fd7aab9ca88bfeebb7397

Timeline

  • Apr 15, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Apr 15, 2026 CVE Published
  • Apr 15, 2026 PoC Published
  • May 1, 2026 CVE Updated
  • May 18, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 19, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 20, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 21, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 22, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 23, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 24, 2026 EPSS Score
  • May 25, 2026 EPSS Score

References

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