CVE-2026-17591

Public on 2026-10-16
Modified on 2026-10-19
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.
Severity
Low severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
3.6
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core cmake3 Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core cpio Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 cpio Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview cpio Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core libarchive Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 libarchive Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview libarchive Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Core tar Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 tar Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview tar Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 3.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L