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Under controlled conditions, this\nwas demonstrated to achieve execution of arbitrary commands within the\nGDB process."}], "affected": [{"vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "gdb", "defaultStatus": "affected", "cpes": ["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"]}, {"vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "gdb", "defaultStatus": "affected", "cpes": ["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"]}, {"vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "gdb", "defaultStatus": "affected", "cpes": ["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"]}, {"vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "gdb", "defaultStatus": "affected", "cpes": ["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"]}, {"vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "gdb", "defaultStatus": "affected", "cpes": ["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"]}, {"vendor": "Red Hat", "product": "Red Hat Hardened Images", "collectionURL": "https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/", "packageName": "gdb", "defaultStatus": "affected", "cpes": ["cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1"]}], "references": [{"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13732", "tags": ["vdb-entry", "x_refsource_REDHAT"]}, {"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2494416", "name": "RHBZ#2494416", "tags": ["issue-tracking", "x_refsource_REDHAT"]}], "datePublic": "2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z", "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"cweId": "CWE-787", "description": "Out-of-bounds Write", "lang": "en", "type": "CWE"}]}], "x_redhatCweChain": "CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write", "workarounds": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The following practices would help for avoiding exposure and mitigate this\nflaw:\n- Do not open untrusted or unknown ELF binaries in GDB without first\n stripping debug sections. 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GDB 18 (expected\n late 2026/2027) will remove STABS support entirely.\n- GCC removed STABS emitting in GCC 13 (2023), so legitimately compiled\n binaries from recent GCC versions will not contain STABS data."}], "timeline": [{"lang": "en", "time": "2026-06-29T14:42:56.970Z", "value": "Reported to Red Hat."}, {"lang": "en", "time": "2026-08-06T00:00:00.000Z", "value": "Made public."}], "credits": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Red Hat would like to thank JD Marsters (Bhut Red) for reporting this issue."}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749", "shortName": "redhat", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-31T19:23:18.741Z"}, "x_generator": {"engine": "cvelib 1.8.0"}}}}

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