CVE-2026-9150

medium

Description

A flaw was found in libsolv. This stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability occurs in libsolv's Debian metadata parser when processing specially crafted Debian repository metadata. An attacker could exploit this by providing malicious SHA384 or SHA512 checksum tags, leading to memory corruption and a denial of service (DoS) in the affected system.

References

https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/pull/616

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460379

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9150

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-05-20

Updated: 2026-05-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00012