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Fedora 42 Insight CVE-2026-6846 Critical Arbitrary Code Exec

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Calendar Grey May 3, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Critical update for Fedora 42 fixing CVE-2026-6846 in insight to prevent arbitrary code execution.
Fix CVE-2026-6846.

Summary

Insight is a tight graphical user interface to GDB written in Tcl/Tk.

It provides a comprehensive interface that enables users to harness

most of GDB's power. It's also probably the only up-to-date UI for

the latest GDB version.

Update Information:

Fix CVE-2026-6846.

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora critical arbitrary code execution insight cve-2026-6846

Change Log

* Fri Apr 24 2026 Patrick Monnerat 18.0.50.20260306-3 - Fix CVE-2026-6846. https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=34049 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460525

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2460525 - CVE-2026-6846 insight: Binutils: Arbitrary code execution via malformed XCOFF object file processing [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460525

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-ce402e1f82' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: insight
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 18.0.50.20260306
Release: 3.fc42
URL: https://www.sourceware.org/insight/
Summary: Graphical debugger based on GDB

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Topics Covered

security advisory fedora critical arbitrary code execution insight cve-2026-6846

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