CVE-2026-48864

A flaw was found in libsolv. This heap buffer overflow occurs during the decompression of attacker-controlled compressed data within .solv files due to insufficient input validation. An attacker can provide a specially crafted .solv file, which, when processed by a vulnerable application, can lead to out-of-bounds memory access. This could result in information disclosure, alteration of program execution, or a denial of service.

This heap buffer overflow in libsolv's page decompression logic can lead to out-of-bounds reads and writes when processing specially crafted .solv files. Exploitation requires a victim application to ingest malicious repository metadata, limiting the attack vector to scenarios involving user interaction or untrusted content sources. Given the user interaction needed, Red Hat Product Security has rated this vulnerability as having a impact of Moderate.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.