CVE-2026-15028
lowpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 10 %ileDEEUFRUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
A flaw was found in libarchive. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to trigger a heap overflow by providing a specially crafted tar archive. The issue occurs during the parsing of a PAX extended header containing a malformed SUN.holesdata sparse-file attribute. Successful exploitation could lead to a denial of service, making the system unavailable, or potentially allow for arbitrary code execution, giving the attacker control over the affected system.
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affected products (7)
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advisories (2)
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- WID-SEC-W-2026-2279libarchive: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Codeausführung and DoSDeutsch2026-07-12csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in libarchive ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu verursachen oder möglicherweise beliebigen Code auszuführen.
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR
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references (14)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15028cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2497970cnnvd
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/3251cnnvd
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/3253cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:38279enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15028enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2497970enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/3251enisa_euvd
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