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CVE-2026-81880: radareorg radare2 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Affects radareorg radare2Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium : upgrade to 6.2.0 when convenient.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 23:24 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 3% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 6.2.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 22 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 6 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade radare2 and radareorg/radare2 to 6.2.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
radareorgradare2Affected
  • <6.2.0
Fixed in
  • 6.2.0
GitHubradareorg/radare2pkg:github/radareorg/radare2Other threatsAffected
  • <6.2.0
Fixed in
  • 6.2.0

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AI-suggested

Upgrade radare2 to version 6.2.0 or later, where this vulnerability has been fixed. No other mitigations are specified.

Description

radare2 versions prior to 6.2.0 contain a vulnerability in the Apple Preferred Executable Format (PEF) loader where unbounded relocSecCount values can cause excessive processing. This flaw allows the loader to perform an extremely high number of relocation-section iterations and buffer operations beyond the end of the file, leading to denial of service via high CPU consumption. The issue is resolved in version 6.2.0.

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