CVE-2026-4424 — Out-of-bounds Read in Libarchive
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.3%
top 49.97%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 19
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages3 packages
🔴Vulnerability Details
2📋Vendor Advisories
3Red Hat▶
libarchive: libarchive: Information disclosure via heap out-of-bounds read in RAR archive processing↗2026-03-19
Microsoft▶
Libarchive: libarchive: information disclosure via heap out-of-bounds read in rar archive processing↗2026-03-10
Debian▶
CVE-2026-4424: libarchive - A flaw was found in libarchive. This heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability exist...↗2026
🕵️Threat Intelligence
1💬Community
1Bugzilla▶
CVE-2026-4424 libarchive: libarchive: Information disclosure via heap out-of-bounds read in RAR archive processing↗2026-03-19