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CVE-2026-40499VulnerabilityPublished Updated

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

Source GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-40499· High 8.4

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.4 High : upgrade to 6.1.4 soon.

Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 00:07 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.4High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 6.1.4
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

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 15 Apr 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: 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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade radare2 and radareorg/radare2 to 6.1.4.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
radareorgradare2Affected
  • <6.1.4
Fixed in
  • 6.1.4
GitHubradareorg/radare2pkg:github/radareorg/radare2Other threatsAffected
  • <6.1.4
Fixed in
  • 6.1.4

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Description

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.

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