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CVE-2026-4426

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2026-4426 identifies an Undefined Behavior vulnerability in the libarchive library's zisofs decompression logic, stemming from improper validation of a field within ISO9660 Rock Ridge extensions. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by supplying a specially crafted ISO file, which, with user interaction, can lead to incorrect memory allocation and application crashes, resulting in a denial-of-service (DoS) condition. This vulnerability is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.5. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hardened_images:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.30%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 23rd percentile among its peer group of 26,221 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (13)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 21141-17086Fixed in: 3.6.1-10
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: cbl2 libarchive 3.6.1-9 on CBL Mariner 2.0Fixed in: 3.6.1-10
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 libarchive 3.7.7-5 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 3.7.7-6
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 21142-17084Fixed in: 3.7.7-6
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libarchive (questing)Fixed in: 3.7.7-0ubuntu3.2
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libarchive (resolute)Fixed in: 3.8.5-1ubuntu2.1
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libarchive (trusty)Fixed in: 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm5
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libarchive (xenial)Fixed in: 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8+esm3
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libarchive (bionic)Fixed in: 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+esm3
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libarchive (focal)Fixed in: 3.4.0-2ubuntu1.5+esm2
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libarchive (jammy)Fixed in: 3.6.0-1ubuntu1.7
ubuntupatch availablevia ubuntu_usn
Product: libarchive (noble)Fixed in: 3.7.2-2ubuntu0.7

Vendor Advisories (2)

ubuntuUSN-8292-1

libarchive vulnerabilities

May 21, 2026
microsoft2026-Mar/CVE-2026-4426Moderate

Libarchive: libarchive: denial of service via malformed iso file processing

Mar 10, 2026

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2026:8944
access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2026-4426
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / libarchive/libarchive/pull/2897
Issue TrackingPatch