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Attackers can inject arbitrary radare2 commands through unsanitized symbol name interpolation in the flag rename command, which are then executed when a user runs the idp command against the malicious PDB file, enabling arbitrary OS command execution through radare2's shell execution operator.","modified":"2026-05-20T16:25:40.069247973Z","published":"2026-04-22T22:16:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-40517"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-40517"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40517"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"radare2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/radare2?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["0.9.6-3.1ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.9.6-3.1ubuntu1","binary_name":"libradare2-0.9.6"},{"binary_version":"0.9.6-3.1ubuntu1","binary_name":"libradare2-common"},{"binary_name":"radare2","binary_version":"0.9.6-3.1ubuntu1"},{"binary_version":"0.9.6-3.1ubuntu1","binary_name":"radare2-plugins"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40517.json"}},{"package":{"name":"radare2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/radare2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fbionic"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.6.0+dfsg-1","2.0.0+dfsg-1","2.1.0+dfsg-1","2.3.0+dfsg-1","2.3.0+dfsg-2","2.3.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libradare2-2.3","binary_version":"2.3.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_name":"libradare2-common","binary_version":"2.3.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_version":"2.3.0+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"radare2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40517.json"}},{"package":{"name":"radare2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/radare2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Ffocal"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["3.2.1+dfsg-5build1","4.0.0+dfsg-1","4.2.1+dfsg-1","4.2.1+dfsg-2","4.2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libradare2-4.2.1","binary_version":"4.2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1"},{"binary_version":"4.2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"libradare2-common"},{"binary_version":"4.2.1+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1~esm1","binary_name":"radare2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40517.json"}},{"package":{"name":"radare2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/radare2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps%2Fnoble"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["5.5.0+dfsg-1ubuntu1","5.5.0+dfsg-1.1ubuntu2","5.5.0+dfsg-1.1ubuntu3","5.5.0+dfsg-1.1ubuntu3+esm1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"5.5.0+dfsg-1.1ubuntu3+esm1","binary_name":"libradare2-5.0.0t64"},{"binary_name":"libradare2-common","binary_version":"5.5.0+dfsg-1.1ubuntu3+esm1"},{"binary_version":"5.5.0+dfsg-1.1ubuntu3+esm1","binary_name":"radare2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40517.json"}},{"package":{"name":"radare2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:25.10","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/radare2?arch=source&distro=questing"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["5.9.8+dfsg-2","5.9.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.25.10.1","5.9.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.25.10.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"5.9.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.25.10.2","binary_name":"libradare2-5.0.0t64"},{"binary_name":"libradare2-common","binary_version":"5.9.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.25.10.2"},{"binary_name":"radare2","binary_version":"5.9.8+dfsg-2ubuntu0.25.10.2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40517.json"}},{"package":{"name":"radare2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:26.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/radare2?arch=source&distro=resolute"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["5.9.8+dfsg-2","6.0.4+dfsg-1","6.0.7+ds-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libradare2-6.0.0t64","binary_version":"6.0.7+ds-1"},{"binary_name":"libradare2-common","binary_version":"6.0.7+ds-1"},{"binary_version":"6.0.7+ds-1","binary_name":"radare2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-40517.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"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"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}