CVE-2026-9150

NameCVE-2026-9150
DescriptionA flaw was found in libsolv. This stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability occurs in libsolv's Debian metadata parser when processing specially crafted Debian repository metadata. An attacker could exploit this by providing malicious SHA384 or SHA512 checksum tags, leading to memory corruption and a denial of service (DoS) in the affected system.
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
libsolv (PTS)bullseye0.7.17-1+deb11u1vulnerable
bookworm0.7.23-1+deb12u1vulnerable
trixie0.7.32-1vulnerable
forky, sid0.7.37-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
libsolvsource(unstable)0.7.37-1

Notes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460379
https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/pull/616
Introduced with: https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/commit/c8164bfecf2ba8bcf4c24329534d3104f19da73c (0.6.4)
Fixed by: https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/commit/c5b5db52aebde00bdeacecf4d0569c217ab3187d (0.7.37)

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