USN-8581-1: libarchive Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 21-07-2026Last modified 23-07-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-8581-1 is a vulnerability in libarchive Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
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010
No CVSS score recorded
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 0 · Related 3
CVE-2026-14164CVE-2026-15028CVE-2026-5745

Timeline

  1. 21-07-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-07-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

libarchive vulnerabilities It was discovered that libarchive did not properly manage memory when unpacking certain RAR5 archives, leading to a double free. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-14164) It was discovered that libarchive did not properly validate certain tar archives, leading to a buffer overflow. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-15028) It was discovered that libarchive did not properly validate certain malformed ACL entries. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-5745)

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Public exploits

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • libarchive< 3.4.0-2ubuntu1.5+esm3 | < 3.6.0-1ubuntu1.8 | < 3.7.2-2ubuntu0.8 | < 3.8.5-1ubuntu2.2

1 vendor · 1 product

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