RHSA-2026:52674MediumCVSS 7.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: libarchive security update

Published
August 10, 2026
Last Modified
August 12, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-14164 →

📋 Description

CVE-2026-14164 — libarchive: Double-Free Vulnerability in RAR5 Decompression Logic via dangling filtered_buf pointer in init_unpack()

🎯 Affected products67

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bsdcat-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bsdcat-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bsdcat-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bsdcat-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bsdcat-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bsdcat-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bsdcat-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bsdcat-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bsdcat-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bsdcat-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bsdcpio-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bsdcpio-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bsdcpio-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bsdcpio-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bsdcpio-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bsdcpio-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bsdcpio-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bsdcpio-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bsdcpio-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bsdcpio-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bsdtar-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bsdtar-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bsdtar-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bsdtar-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.aarch64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)
  • bsdtar-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-11.el9_8.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: No mitigation is currently available that meets Red Hat Product Security's standards for usability, deployment, applicability, or stability. Customers are advised to apply the appropriate security update once it becomes available.

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