High Injection exploit reference

CVE-2026-40527 — radare2 Command Injection via DWARF Parameter Names

radare2 prior to commit bc5a890 contains a command injection vulnerability in the afsv/afsvj command path where crafted ELF binaries can embed malicious r2 command sequences as DWARF DW_TAG_formal_parameter names. Attackers can craft a binary with shell commands in DWARF parameter names that execute when radare2 analyzes the binary with aaa and subsequently runs afsvj, allowing arbitrary shell command execution through the unsanitized parameter interpolation in the pfq command string.

Published Apr 17, 2026 · Updated Oct 13, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: VulnCheck

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

EPSS 1.5% (30-day exploitation probability)+11
Technical severity (high)+6
CISA SSVC: exploitation "poc"+5

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

1.45%

ahead of 73% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026

Affects

Radare

Radare2

CVSS base

7.8

High · 2 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

Proof of concept

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Total

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

Documented patch — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
Documented patch — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (Radare Radare2, Radareorg Radare2).
Apply the fixed version or the patch documented under Remediation.
Exploitation requires user interaction: tighten email/web filtering and warn affected users.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (injection), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
Radare	Radare2	< 6.1.6	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Radareorg	Radare2	< bc5a89033db3ecb5b1f7bf681fc6ba4dcfc14683	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Local

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
8.5	CVSS 4.0	High	—	—	disclosure@vulncheck.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
8.5	CVSS 4.0	High	—	—	VulnCheck via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
7.8	CVSS 3.1	High	1.8	5.9	disclosure@vulncheck.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
7.8	CVSS 3.1	High	—	—	VulnCheck via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: disclosure@vulncheck.com)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-78 · OS Command Injection

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 1.45%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Local/physical vector: focus on endpoint telemetry (EDR) from affected hosts.
Look for parameters with command/query metacharacters and unexpected child processes of the service.

endpoint telemetry (EDR)application logs

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · radareorg/radare2
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 13, 2026
Fix documented
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVSS changed · 7.8
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Analyzed
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVE published
Apr 17, 2026 · VulnCheck

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

3 on the record

github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/bc5a89033db3ecb5b1f7bf681fc6ba4dcfc14683
Patch, patch, NIST National Vulnerability Database
github.com/radareorg/radare2/pull/25821
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, issue-tracking, NIST National Vulnerability Database
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/radare2-command-injection-via-dwarf-parameter-names
Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

Radare
every CVE for this vendor

Injection
same class

CWE-78
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

Medium CVE-2026-81886 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Radare Radare2 23d
Medium CVE-2026-81882 Out-of-bounds Read in Radare Radare2 23d
Low CVE-2026-81883 Out-of-bounds Read in Radare Radare2 23d
Medium CVE-2026-81885 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Radare Radare2 23d
Low CVE-2026-81884 Out-of-bounds Read in Radare Radare2 23d
Medium CVE-2026-81878 Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Radare Radare2 23d

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-40527 is "radare2 Command Injection via DWARF Parameter Names", rated High. It affects Radare2 (Radare); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 7.8 describes technical severity. EPSS 1.45% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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