CVE-2026-40499
⚠️ highSummary
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 Score
7.8
High
EPSS Score
0.0
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2026-04-15
First Seen: 2026-04-20
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence
This CVE is Moderate Risk - more severe than 69.6% of all 329,456 vulnerabilities in our database.
#100,230
Above average severity
Severity Percentile
🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: Apr 16, 2026
🔍 Exploitation Status
Poc
Proof-of-concept available
⚙️ Automatable
NO
Requires human interaction
💥 Technical Impact
Total
Complete system compromise possible
🏆 Discovered By
Hung Nguyen (mov) of Calif.io
SSVC data provided by
CISA
Last Modified
2026-05-01
Source
NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Vector 4.0
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
CWE IDs (Weakness Types)