CVE-2026-16517

LOWPre-NVD 2.92.9
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.

Score 2.9 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: LOW) published 2026-07-22. A secondary CVSS source baseline 2.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
Trending — 4 sources updated this week

Also known asEUVD-2026-47586 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

2.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.1%CVSS: 2.9Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

A signed integer overflow vulnerability was found in libarchive's ZIP writer. In the archive_write_zip_header function in archive_write_set_format_zip.c, when ZIP encryption is enabled and the entry file size is close to INT64_MAX, the addition of the encryption overhead to the entry size overflows int64_t, resulting in undefined behavior. This could lead to incorrect Zip64 extension decisions or potential memory corruption.

CVSS v3
2.9
EG Score
2.9LOWmedium confidence
EG Risk
13
EG Risk 13/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity29% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 2.9 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0.1% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at every mission impact level.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.1%
EPSS %ILE
1st
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (2.9): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 2.9 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
2.9 LOWCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
0.1% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-29). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

July 21, 2026

Last Modified

September 22, 2026

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibarchive13 (3.6.0-1ubuntu1.9) @ jammy2026-10-29ubuntu
redhatlibarchive-0:3.7.7-11.el10_22026-09-21redhat
redhatlibarchive-main-3.8.8-3.1.hum12026-07-22redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(4 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libarchive3.4.3-2 ... 3.8.9-1 (25 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libarchive3.6.2-1, 3.6.2-1+deb12u1, 3.6.2-1+deb12u2, 3.6.2-1+deb12u3, 3.6.2-1+deb12u4
  • every version up to 3.6.2-1+deb12u5: fixed in 3.6.2-1+deb12u5
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libarchive3.7.4-4 ... 3.8.9-1 (9 versions)
  • every version on: no fix on record
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libarchive3.7.4-4 ... 3.8.8-2 (7 versions)
  • every version up to 3.8.9-1: fixed in 3.8.9-1
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(1)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 26× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 163 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 63 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-10-29 17:18 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-29 17:18 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-10-29 17:18 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  4. 2026-10-29 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 1st percentile
  5. 2026-10-28 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 1st percentile
  6. 2026-10-26 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 1st percentile
  7. 2026-10-25 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · 1st percentile
  8. 2026-10-25 14:46 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-19 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  10. 2026-10-18 04:00 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-14 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  12. 2026-10-12 16:30 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-11 20:09 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-11 17:21 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-11 14:54 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-10 19:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  17. 2026-10-09 20:06 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  18. 2026-10-08 17:11 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  19. 2026-10-07 23:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  20. 2026-10-06 15:17 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  21. 2026-10-05 17:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  22. 2026-10-04 13:29 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-04 13:29 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-04 13:29 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  25. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
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  1. 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  2. 2026-10-01 06:31 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-01 06:31 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-01 06:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  5. 2026-09-30 15:02 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  6. 2026-09-29 15:20 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  7. 2026-09-28 13:51 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  8. 2026-09-28 05:21 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-28 05:21 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-09-28 05:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  11. 2026-09-27 13:47 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  12. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  13. 2026-09-22 00:29 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-22 00:29 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-09-22 00:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  16. 2026-09-21 23:46 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-21 23:46 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-09-21 23:46 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  19. 2026-09-20 02:16 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-20 02:16 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-09-20 02:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  22. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  23. 2026-09-16 07:07 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-16 07:07 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-09-16 07:07 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  26. 2026-09-16 05:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  27. 2026-09-12 15:00 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  28. 2026-09-12 07:18 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-09-12 07:18 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-09-12 07:18 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  31. 2026-09-11 14:52 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  32. 2026-09-10 09:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  33. 2026-09-09 06:32 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-09-09 06:32 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-09-09 06:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  36. 2026-09-09 05:32 UTCEG score recompute
  37. 2026-09-09 05:32 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-09-09 05:32 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  39. 2026-09-07 21:44 UTCEG score recompute
  40. 2026-09-07 21:44 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-09-07 21:43 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  42. 2026-09-04 14:28 UTCEG score recompute
  43. 2026-09-04 14:28 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-09-04 14:28 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  45. 2026-09-04 05:06 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  46. 2026-09-01 13:53 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  47. 2026-09-01 13:42 UTCEG score recompute
  48. 2026-09-01 13:42 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-09-01 13:42 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  50. 2026-09-01 13:17 UTCEG score recompute
  51. 2026-09-01 13:17 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-09-01 13:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  53. 2026-09-01 04:39 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  54. 2026-08-31 16:40 UTCEG score recompute
  55. 2026-08-31 16:40 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-08-31 16:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  57. 2026-08-31 15:39 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-08-31 15:39 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-08-31 15:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  60. 2026-08-30 19:17 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  61. 2026-08-30 15:45 UTCEG score recompute
  62. 2026-08-30 15:45 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-08-30 15:45 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  64. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  65. 2026-08-28 21:41 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  66. 2026-08-27 14:59 UTCEG score recompute
  67. 2026-08-27 14:59 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-08-27 14:59 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  69. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  70. 2026-08-26 14:46 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  71. 2026-08-24 14:09 UTCEG score recompute
  72. 2026-08-24 14:09 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-08-24 14:09 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-j8w5-8rj6-wpwf · GitHub severity LOW · GitHub CVSS 2.9
  74. 2026-08-23 00:19 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS <0.1% · below the 1st percentile
  75. 2026-08-21 13:21 UTCEG score recompute

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-16517?
CVE-2026-16517 is a low-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on July 21, 2026. A signed integer overflow vulnerability was found in libarchive's ZIP writer. In the archivewritezipheader function in archivewritesetformatzip.c, when ZIP encryption is enabled and the entry file size is close to INT64MAX, the addition of the encryption overhead to the entry size overflows…
When was CVE-2026-16517 made public?
CVE-2026-16517 was made public on July 3, 2026: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, Red Hat, Inc., gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on July 21, 2026. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of September 22, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-16517 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-16517 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (1st percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-16517?
CVE-2026-16517 has a CVSS base score of 2.9 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-16517?
A fix for CVE-2026-16517 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-16517 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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