CVE-2022-26280: Libarchive v3.6.0 was discovered to contain an out-of-bounds read via the component zipx_lzma_alone_init.
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 27/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.8% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 79.2% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
- Fixed version: bsdtar (AlmaLinux:9) 3.5.3-2.el9_0; libarchive (AlmaLinux:9) 3.5.3-2.el9_0; libarchive-devel (AlmaLinux:9) 3.5.3-2.el9_0.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to bsdtar (AlmaLinux:9) 3.5.3-2.el9_0; libarchive (AlmaLinux:9) 3.5.3-2.el9_0; libarchive-devel (AlmaLinux:9) 3.5.3-2.el9_0 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
- Published
- Mar 28, 2022
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.8% · 79th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-125
Report tools
Action score
27
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 26 / 40 · 6.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 1 / 30 · 1.8%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| libarchive | libarchive | cpe:2.3:a:libarchive:libarchive |
| fedoraproject | fedora | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- fedoraproject fedora36
- libarchive libarchive3.6.0
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:9 | bsdtar | before 3.5.3-2.el9_0 | 3.5.3-2.el9_0 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libarchive | before 3.5.3-2.el9_0 | 3.5.3-2.el9_0 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libarchive-devel | before 3.5.3-2.el9_0 | 3.5.3-2.el9_0 |
| Alpine:v3.15 | libarchive | before 3.6.1-r0 | 3.6.1-r0 |
| Debian:11 | libarchive | before 3.4.3-2+deb11u2 | 3.4.3-2+deb11u2 |
| Debian:12 | libarchive | before 3.6.2-1 | 3.6.2-1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | libarchive | before 3.4.2-150200.4.6.1 | 3.4.2-150200.4.6.1 |
| openSUSE:Leap 15.4 | libarchive | before 3.5.1-150400.3.3.1 | 3.5.1-150400.3.3.1 |
| openSUSE:Tumbleweed | bsdtar | before 3.7.2-1.1 | 3.7.2-1.1 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | bsdcat-debuginfo | before 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 | 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | bsdcpio-debuginfo | before 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 | 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | bsdtar | before 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 | 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | bsdtar-debuginfo | before 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 | 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | libarchive-debuginfo | before 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 | 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | libarchive-debugsource | before 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 | 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | libarchive | before 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 | 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 |
| Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | libarchive-devel | before 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 | 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | libarchive | before 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 | 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | libarchive | before 3.4.2-150200.4.6.1 | 3.4.2-150200.4.6.1 |
| SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 | libarchive | before 3.5.1-150400.3.3.1 | 3.5.1-150400.3.3.1 |
Same product
libarchive: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2024-26256Libarchive Remote Code Execution Vulnerability57Plan
- CVE-2022-36227In libarchive before 3.6.2, the software does not check for an error after calling calloc function that can return with a NULL pointer if th40Plan
- CVE-2016-1541Heap-based buffer overflow in the zip_read_mac_metadata function in archive_read_support_format_zip.c in libarchive before 3.2.0 allows remo38Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2020-21674Oct 15, 2020 · Heap-based buffer overflow in archive_string_append_from_wcs() (archive_string.c) in libarchive-3.4.1dev allows remote attackers to cause a 27Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2021-36976Jul 20, 2021 · libarchive 3.4.1 through 3.5.1 has a use-after-free in copy_string (called from do_uncompress_block and process_block).27Monitor
- Later →CVE-2021-23177Aug 23, 2022 · An improper link resolution flaw while extracting an archive can lead to changing the access control list (ACL) of the target of the link.31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| almalinux:bsdtar | 3.5.3-2.el9_0 · AlmaLinux:9 | Package registry (OSV) |
| almalinux:libarchive | 3.5.3-2.el9_0 · AlmaLinux:9 | Package registry (OSV) |
| almalinux:libarchive-devel | 3.5.3-2.el9_0 · AlmaLinux:9 | Package registry (OSV) |
| alpine:libarchive | 3.6.1-r0 · Alpine:v3.15 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:libarchive | 3.6.2-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:bsdtar | 3.7.2-1.1 · openSUSE:Tumbleweed | Package registry (OSV) |
| opensuse:libarchive | 3.4.2-150200.4.6.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.3 | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:bsdcat-debuginfo | 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:bsdcpio-debuginfo | 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:bsdtar | 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:bsdtar-debuginfo | 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libarchive | 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libarchive-debuginfo | 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libarchive-debugsource | 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | Package registry (OSV) |
| red hat:libarchive-devel | 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::crb | Package registry (OSV) |
| rocky linux:libarchive | 0:3.5.3-2.el9_0 · Rocky Linux:9 | Package registry (OSV) |
| suse:libarchive | 3.4.2-150200.4.6.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- Special conditions such as timing or configuration are required.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- High
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds ReadCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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