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CVE-2026-2219 Detail

Description

It was discovered that dpkg-deb (a component of dpkg, the Debian package management system) does not properly validate the end of the data stream when uncompressing a zstd-compressed .deb archive, which may result in denial of service (infinite loop spinning the CPU).


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://bugs.debian.org/1129722 Debian GNU/Linux
https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=6610297a62c0780dd0e80b0e302ef64fdcc9d313 Debian GNU/Linux

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-2219
NVD Published Date:
03/07/2026
NVD Last Modified:
03/07/2026
Source:
Debian GNU/Linux