Description
A flaw was found in libarchive. An attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or potential information disclosure due to a use-after-free vulnerability, which occurs when a program reads memory that has already been released. This issue arises when the archive_entry_copy_mac_metadata() function deallocates an internal buffer before completing a data copy. An attacker who can supply input to an application utilizing this function can trigger the flaw to crash the application or read uninitialized memory data.
Published: 2026-10-16
Score: 3.6 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Sat, 17 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in libarchive. An attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or potential information disclosure due to a use-after-free vulnerability, which occurs when a program reads memory that has already been released. This issue arises when the archive_entry_copy_mac_metadata() function deallocates an internal buffer before completing a data copy. An attacker who can supply input to an application utilizing this function can trigger the flaw to crash the application or read uninitialized memory data.
Title Libarchive: libarchive: use-after-free via aliased mac metadata copy
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Weaknesses CWE-416
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L'}


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Redhat Enterprise Linux Hummingbird
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-17T16:50:55.660Z

Reserved: 2026-07-27T16:15:33.820Z

Link: CVE-2026-17591

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-16T23:17:01.420

Modified: 2026-10-17T17:16:29.753

Link: CVE-2026-17591

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Updated: 2026-10-16T23:45:13Z

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