CVE-2026-103242

high

Description

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in rpm. RPMTAG_FILESIGNATURES in a crafted, unsigned RPM package's main header is declared with the wrong header type, causing hex2binv() to allocate a one-byte buffer and then write the tag's attacker-controlled, hex-decoded content — of attacker-chosen length — past the end of that allocation. This is reachable via rpm2cpio, rpm2archive, and rpm -qlvp on an untrusted package.

References

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-89790

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2543866

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-103242

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-30

Updated: 2026-09-30

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: High