{"id":"ALSA-2026:5063","summary":"Important: libarchive security update","details":"The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM images. Libarchive is used notably in the bsdtar utility, scripting language bindings such as python-libarchive, and several popular desktop file managers.  \n\nSecurity Fix(es):  \n\n  * libarchive: Infinite Loop Denial of Service in RAR5 Decompression via archive_read_data() in libarchive (CVE-2026-4111)\n\n\nFor more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.\n","modified":"2026-03-24T12:02:59.716047Z","published":"2026-03-19T00:00:00Z","related":["CVE-2026-4111"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5063"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4111"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2446453"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2026-5063.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"bsdtar","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:10","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/bsdtar"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.7.7-5.el10_1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux10/ALSA-2026:5063.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libarchive","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:10","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/libarchive"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.7.7-5.el10_1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux10/ALSA-2026:5063.json"}},{"package":{"name":"libarchive-devel","ecosystem":"AlmaLinux:10","purl":"pkg:rpm/almalinux/libarchive-devel"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.7.7-5.el10_1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux10/ALSA-2026:5063.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}