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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2026-15028 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-15028 Red Hat, Inc.
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2497970 Red Hat, Inc.
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/3251 Red Hat, Inc.
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/3253 Red Hat, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-15028
NVD Published Date:
07/10/2026
NVD Last Modified:
07/10/2026
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.