Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-5745
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).
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 5.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.5
References
Products affected by CVE-2026-5745
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cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive:-
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hardened_images:-
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cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0
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cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0