CVE-2026-6068

Critical

Description

NASM contains a heap use after free vulnerability in response file (-@) processing where a dangling pointer to freed memory is stored in the global depend_file and later dereferenced, as the response-file buffer is freed before the pointer is used, allowing for data corruption or remote code execution.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.6
Exploit probability—
ProductNasm Netwide Assembler
PublishedApr 10, 2026
First seenApr 10, 2026

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
nasm netwide_assembler3.02—

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