NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting libarchive package, versions [0,]
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- published16 Apr 2026
- disclosed7 Apr 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 7 Apr 2026
NewCVE-2026-5745 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
There is no fixed version for libarchive.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference via the archive_acl_from_text_nl function. An attacker can cause applications to crash by supplying a specially crafted archive containing a malformed ACL string.