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PGV-2676809

Disclosed on October 17, 2026 (updated October 17, 2026)

Vulnerability Overview

PGV-2676809 is a category 1 vulnerabilty that affects the following packages:

  • debian/libarchive source, bookworm, versions (all)
  • debian/libarchive source, forky, versions < 3.8.9-1
  • debian/libarchive source, trixie, versions (all)

Risk Assessment

The risk assessment shows that this vulnerability is exlpoited by a compromised user. A legitimate user who unknowingly triggers exploitation of this vulnerability through normal interaction.

The impact is contained to the application. Exploitation remains confined to the application and cannot affect the host environment or external systems.

The threat damage is caused by a denial of service (limited). Exploitation can degrade or intermittently disrupt application availability without causing a full outage.is caused by a data breach (limited). Exploitation does not provide access to data beyond what the user is already authorized to access.

Vulnerability Details

A flaw was found in libarchive. An attacker can cause a Denial of Service (DoS) or potential information disclosure due to a use-after-free vulnerability, which occurs when a program reads memory that has already been released. This issue arises when the archive_entry_copy_mac_metadata() function deallocates an internal buffer before completing a data copy. An attacker who can supply input to an application utilizing this function can trigger the flaw to crash the application or read uninitialized memory data.

Common Weakness Enumerations

  • CWE-416 - Use After Free
Your Risk Profile
Network Exposure
External
Accessable from the public internet
Access Interface
WebBrowser
Primarily web-based applications
Service Outage
Disruptive
Operations would be impacted
Data Breach
Disruptive
Operations would be impacted
Data Tampering
Disruptive
Operations would be impacted
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Additional Identifiers
  • DEBIAN-CVE-2026-17591