RHEL 8 : libarchive (RHSA-2026:9592)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:9592 advisory. The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: libarchive security update

An update for libarchive is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fro...

CVE-2026-5121 Libarchive: libarchive: arbitrary code execution via integer overflow in iso9660 image processing

A flaw was found in libarchive. On 32-bit systems, an integer overflow vulnerability exists in the zisofs block pointer allocation logic. A remote attacker can exploit this by providing a specially crafted ISO9660 image, which can lead to a heap buffer overflow. This could potentially allow for...