High severity · published Apr 22, 2026
CVE-2026-40517
radare2 < 6.1.4 Command Injection via PDB Parser Symbol Names
7.8
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
radare2 prior to 6.1.4 contains a command injection vulnerability in the PDB parser's print_gvars() function that allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands by crafting a malicious PDB file with newline characters in symbol names. 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 64% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RA
radare2 · radareorg
before 6.1.4 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-40517
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-40517
Exploit
https://blog.calif.io/p/mad-bugs-discovering-a-0-day-in-zero
Exploit
https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/25730
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/pull/25731
Third Party Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/radare2-command-injection-via-pdb-parser-symbol-names
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