5.5

CVE-2026-5745

Libarchive: a null pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the acl parser of libarchive

A flaw was found in libarchive. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the ACL parsing logic, specifically within the archive_acl_from_text_nl() function. When processing a malformed ACL string (such as a bare "d" or "default" tag without subsequent fields), the function fails to perform adequate validation before advancing the pointer. An attacker can exploit this by providing a maliciously crafted archive, causing an application utilizing the libarchive API (such as bsdtar) to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
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Libarchive ≫ Libarchive Version-
Redhat ≫ Hardened Images Version-
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version6.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version7.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version8.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version9.0
Redhat ≫ Enterprise Linux Version10.0
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.02% 0.044
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
secalert@redhat.com 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455921
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