CVE-2026-15028

Low

Description

A flaw was found in libarchive. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to trigger a heap overflow by providing a specially crafted tar archive. The issue occurs during the parsing of a PAX extended header containing a malformed SUN.holesdata sparse-file attribute. Successful exploitation could lead to a denial of service, making the system unavailable, or potentially allow for arbitrary code execution, giving the attacker control over the affected system.

SeverityLow
CVSS3.9
Exploit probability—
ProductRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10
PublishedJul 10, 2026
First seenJul 10, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-805CWE-805

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Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10No range specified—
cost_management_on_premise 1No range specified—
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened ImagesNo range specified—
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9No range specified—
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4No range specified—
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5No range specified—

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