CVE-2026-5745

mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.002 · 5 %ileDEEUFRUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.16% (5th) EPSS

CVSS 5.5 · medium

Is it mine?

11 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

A flaw was found in libarchive. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the ACL parsing logic, specifically within the archive_acl_from_text_nl() function. When processing a malformed ACL string (such as a bare "d" or "default" tag without subsequent fields), the function fails to perform adequate validation before advancing the pointer. An attacker can exploit this by providing a maliciously crafted archive, causing an application utilizing the libarchive API (such as bsdtar) to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · secalert@redhat.com USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-476US

affected products (11)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Open Source libarchiveall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:libarchive:libarchive:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images< 3.8.7-1.hum1enisa_euvdEU
libarchive libarchiveall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux= 10.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux= 7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux= 8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux= 9.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat hardened imagesall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:hardened_images:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift container platform= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2026-0986libarchive: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2026-04-07csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in libarchive ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.
CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMwareFrançais2026-10-26vendor · certfrFR

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd certfr NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-04-07modified 2026-10-26

references (8)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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