--- id: CVE-2026-4424 title: A flaw was found in libarchive summary: >- 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 atta… severity: high cvss: 7.5 cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N' cwe: - CWE-125 vendor: libarchive product: libarchive affected: - libarchive - hardened_images - openshift_container_platform = 4.0 - openshift_container_platform = 4.16 - openshift_container_platform_for_arm64 = 4.16 - openshift_container_platform_for_power = 4.16 - enterprise_linux = 6.0 - enterprise_linux = 7.0 - enterprise_linux = 8.0 - enterprise_linux = 9.0 - enterprise_linux = 10.0 - enterprise_linux_server_aus = 8.2 - enterprise_linux_server_aus = 8.4 patched: - enterprise_linux_server_v_7_els - enterprise_linux_server_optional_v_7_els - openshift_container_platform 4.12 - middleware_containers_for_openshift - openshift_container_platform 4.13 - openshift_container_platform 4.14 - openshift_container_platform 4.15 - openshift_container_platform 4.16 - openshift_container_platform 4.17 - openshift_container_platform 4.18 - openshift_container_platform 4.19 - enterprise_linux_appstream_eus_v_10_0 - enterprise_linux_appstream_v_10 - enterprise_linux_appstream_e4s_v_9_0 - enterprise_linux_appstream_e4s_v_9_2 - enterprise_linux_appstream_eus_v_9_4 - enterprise_linux_appstream_eus_v_9_6 - enterprise_linux_appstream_v_9 - enterprise_linux_baseos_eus_v_10_0 - enterprise_linux_baseos_v_10 - enterprise_linux_baseos_v_8 - enterprise_linux_baseos_aus_v_8_2 - enterprise_linux_baseos_aus_v_8_4 - enterprise_linux_baseos_eus_extension_v_8_4 - enterprise_linux_baseos_aus_v_8_6 - enterprise_linux_baseos_e4s_v_8_6 - enterprise_linux_baseos_tus_v_8_6 - enterprise_linux_baseos_e4s_v_8_8 - enterprise_linux_baseos_tus_v_8_8 - enterprise_linux_baseos_e4s_v_9_0 - enterprise_linux_baseos_e4s_v_9_2 - enterprise_linux_baseos_eus_v_9_4 - enterprise_linux_baseos_eus_v_9_6 - enterprise_linux_baseos_v_9 - enterprise_linux_crb_v_8 - codeready_linux_builder_eus_v_9_4 - cert_manager_support_for_red_hat_openshift_release 1.20 - ai_inference_server 3.2 - ai_inference_server 3.3 - discovery 2 published: '2026-03-19' updated: '2026-10-14' sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T20:17:45.680' source: NVD sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4424' references: - 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url: 'https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:9832' label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c - url: 'https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4424' label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c - url: 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2449006' label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c - url: >- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-4424.json label: 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c - url: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-4424' - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4424' tags: - nvd - cve.org - csaf - vex - red-hat epss: 0.01259 epssPercentile: 0.69442 ssvc: exploitation: none automatable: 'yes' technicalImpact: partial timestamp: '2026-03-19T17:07:05.672445Z' ingestedAt: '2026-08-31T18:12:24.372Z' --- ## Overview 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. ## Affected - `libarchive` - `hardened_images` - `openshift_container_platform = 4.0` - `openshift_container_platform = 4.16` - `openshift_container_platform_for_arm64 = 4.16` - `openshift_container_platform_for_power = 4.16` - `enterprise_linux = 6.0` - `enterprise_linux = 7.0` - `enterprise_linux = 8.0` - `enterprise_linux = 9.0` - `enterprise_linux = 10.0` - `enterprise_linux_server_aus = 8.2` - `enterprise_linux_server_aus = 8.4` ## Remediation Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges. ## Vendor advisories - **RHSA-2026:8517** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS) · released 2026-04-16 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8517) - **RHSA-2026:12274** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 · released 2026-05-08 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12274) - **RHSA-2026:13812** · Red Hat · fixed in: Middleware Containers for OpenShift · released 2026-05-05 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13812) - **RHSA-2026:21690** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 · released 2026-06-04 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21690) - **RHSA-2026:15087** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 · released 2026-05-13 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:15087) - **RHSA-2026:14773** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15 · released 2026-05-13 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:14773) - **RHSA-2026:10097** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16 · released 2026-04-30 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10097) - **RHSA-2026:17596** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 · released 2026-05-20 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17596) - **RHSA-2026:12071** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 · released 2026-05-11 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12071) - **RHSA-2026:20040** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 · released 2026-05-27 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:20040) - **RHSA-2026:8865** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v. 10.0), Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v. 10.0) · released 2026-04-20 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8865) - **Red Hat VEX** · Important · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · updated 2026-10-14 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-4424.json)