CVE-2026-17591

NameCVE-2026-17591
DescriptionA flaw was found in libarchive. An attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or potential information disclosure due to a use-after-free vulnerability, which occurs when a program reads memory that has already been released. This issue arises when the archive_entry_copy_mac_metadata() function deallocates an internal buffer before completing a data copy. An attacker who can supply input to an application utilizing this function can trigger the flaw to crash the application or read uninitialized memory data.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libarchive (PTS)bookworm3.6.2-1+deb12u4vulnerable
bookworm (security)3.6.2-1+deb12u5vulnerable
trixie3.7.4-4+deb13u1vulnerable
forky, sid3.8.9-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libarchivesource(unstable)3.8.9-1

Notes

https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/3318
Fixed by: https://github.com/mmatuska/libarchive/commit/45f7ec5422e7677673a7da1ae9ae2ac2b5721204 (v3.8.9)

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