Fedora 44 Insight 2026-005 Critical CVE-2026-6846 Arbitrary Code Execution
fedora
May 5, 2026
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.
Topics Covered
Change Log
* Fri Apr 24 2026 Patrick Monnerat
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-f72d44d09e' 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 44
Version: 18.0.50.20260306
Release: 3.fc44
Summary: Graphical debugger based on GDB
Topics Covered
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