CVE-2026-95520

High

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in rpm. Parsing a symlink entry in an untrusted RPM package whose declared RPMTAG_LONGFILESIZES value is 0xFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF causes an integer overflow in iterReadArchiveNext() that shrinks a buffer allocation to one byte, after which the payload's independently-controlled cpio filesize field is used to write attacker-controlled data past the end of that allocation. This is reachable via rpm2cpio, rpm2archive, and rpm -qlvp on an untrusted package.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.1
Exploit probability—
ProductRed Hat Enterprise Linux 10
PublishedSep 29, 2026
First seenSep 29, 2026

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10No range specified—
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8No range specified—
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9No range specified—
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened ImagesNo range specified—

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CVE-2026-95520 · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Dark Radar