Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-22184
zlib versions up to and including 1.3.1.2 include a global buffer overflow in the untgz utility located under contrib/untgz. The vulnerability is limited to the standalone demonstration utility and does not affect the core zlib compression library. The flaw occurs when a user executes the untgz command with an excessively long archive name supplied via the command line, leading to an out-of-bounds write in a fixed-size global buffer.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 12.6%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 9.8
Products affected by CVE-2026-22184
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cpe:2.3:a:zlib:zlib:1.2.7.3
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cpe:2.3:a:zlib:zlib:1.2.8
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cpe:2.3:a:zlib:zlib:1.2.9
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