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🛡️ CVE-2026-14786 on Ubuntu — radare2

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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Description

A security flaw has been discovered in radareorg radare2 up to 6.1.6. This impacts the function r_str_word_get0set of the file libr/util/str.c. The manipulation results in integer overflow. The attack must be initiated from a local position. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The patch is identified as 11ac224c0eb8d57830fccc99e1c1cd8e5d958813. It is best practice to apply a patch to resolve this issue.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-14786 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package radare2. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Attack requirements: None — no deployment-specific condition has to hold.
  • Privileges required: Low — an ordinary user account is enough.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-14786 is recorded against 1 package.

  • radare2

Timeline and source

Published on 6 July 2026 and last revised on 9 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
vuldb.com (Report)
vuldb.com (Report)
vuldb.com (Report)
vuldb.com (Report)

Other advisories for this package

radare2 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-189) in other software:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-07-06
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-09
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
radare2 — —

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