Out-of-bounds Read The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package libarchive  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-LIBARCHIVE-15751329
  • published23 Mar 2026
  • disclosed19 Mar 2026

Introduced: 19 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-4424  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:7.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libarchive package and not the libarchive package as distributed by RHEL.

A flaw was found in libarchive. This heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the RAR archive processing logic due to improper validation of the LZSS sliding window size after transitions between compression methods. A remote attacker can exploit this by providing a specially crafted RAR archive, leading to the disclosure of sensitive heap memory information without requiring authentication or user interaction.

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