CVE-2026-15003: Out-of-bounds Read
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.6 Medium : update Red Hat Hardened Images when convenient.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 17:16 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 4% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 27 Jul 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Patches and advisories
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Hardened Imagesbinutils-main | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10binutils | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10gcc-toolset-15-binutils | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10gcc-toolset-16-binutils | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10gdb | Affected– | Fixed in– |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10mingw-binutils | Affected– | Fixed in– |
Description
A flaw was found in the GNU Binutils (Binary Utilities) linker. This vulnerability, a heap-buffer-overflow read (CWE-125), occurs when the linker processes a specially crafted 32-bit XCOFF (Extended Common Object File Format) object file. An attacker could exploit this by providing a malicious file, leading to an out-of-bounds read of memory. This can result in information disclosure, potentially revealing sensitive heap data, and a Denial of Service (DoS) due to the linker crashing.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15003 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:47171 (opens in a new tab)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15003 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2497805 (opens in a new tab)
- sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34053 (opens in a new tab)