CVE-2026-40499 - radare2 < 6.1.4 Command Injection via PDB Parser print_gvars()

CVE-2026-40499 - radare2 < 6.1.4 Command Injection via PDB Parser print_gvars()

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CVE ID :CVE-2026-40499
Published : April 15, 2026, 2:05 a.m. | 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
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.
Severity: 8.4 | HIGH
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