CVE-2026-40499radare2 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…
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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.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-78
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
radare radare2 radare:radare2 | through 6.1.4 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/5590c87deeb7eb2a106fd7aab9ca88bfeebb7397patch
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/25752exploit, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/releases/tag/6.1.4release-notes
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/radare2-command-injection-via-pdb-parser-print-gvarsthird-party-advisory
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