CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-4424

7.5 HIGH Published 2026-03-19 Modified 2026-10-14 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2026-03-19
Last modified
2026-10-14
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 3.1 (0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c)
7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-125

Description

A flaw was found in libarchive. This heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the RAR archive processing logic due to improper validation of the LZSS sliding window size after transitions between compression methods. A remote attacker can exploit this by providing a specially crafted RAR archive, leading to the disclosure of sensitive heap memory information without requiring authentication or user interaction.

Affected configurations

• libarchive libarchive • redhat hardened images • redhat openshift container platform 4.0 • redhat openshift container platform 4.16 • redhat openshift container platform for arm64 4.16 • redhat openshift container platform for power 4.16 • redhat enterprise linux 6.0 • redhat enterprise linux 7.0 • redhat enterprise linux 8.0 • redhat enterprise linux 9.0 • redhat enterprise linux 10.0 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 8.2 • redhat enterprise linux server aus 8.4

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness

References