CVE-2024-26256 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Libarchive, specifically impacting products from fedoraproject and Microsoft. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), it presents a significant risk, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact through user interaction. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog, its high EPSS and FAUCET Risk Score, along with media coverage from Microsoft's April Patch Tuesday, indicate its potential for exploitation. There is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and community discussion is limited.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 3.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
39CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:39:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.0.22621.3447CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_22h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 10.0.22631.3447CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_11_23h2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
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