Upstream information

CVE-2026-40499 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.8
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (VulnCheck)
Base Score 8.4
Vector 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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Active
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact High
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High
Vulnerable System Availability Impact High
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1262142 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7
  • libsdb2_4_2 >= 6.1.4-bp157.5.3.5
  • radare2 >= 6.1.4-bp157.5.3.5
  • radare2-devel >= 6.1.4-bp157.5.3.5
  • radare2-zsh-completion >= 6.1.4-bp157.5.3.5
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2026-231
openSUSE Leap 16.0
  • libsdb2_4_2 >= 6.1.4-bp160.1.1
  • radare2 >= 6.1.4-bp160.1.1
  • radare2-devel >= 6.1.4-bp160.1.1
  • radare2-zsh-completion >= 6.1.4-bp160.1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Leap-16.0-packagehub-224
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • libsdb2_4_2 >= 6.1.4-1.1
  • radare2 >= 6.1.4-1.1
  • radare2-devel >= 6.1.4-1.1
  • radare2-zsh-completion >= 6.1.4-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2026-10555

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP7 radare2 Released

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Apr 15 09:30:21 2026
CVE page last modified: Wed Jul 8 13:29:09 2026