Description
A flaw was found in libsolv. A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PGP verification component due to incorrect length handling when copying EdDSA 's' MPI into a stack buffer. A remote attacker could craft a malicious Ed25519 PGP signature with mismatched MPI lengths. Processing this crafted signature could lead to a denial of service in automated package or repository processing workflows.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
OpenSUSE libsolv
Default version status: unaffected
0.6.4 to < 0.7.38affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Satellite 6
Default version status: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Update Infrastructure 4 for Cloud Providers
Default version status: unaffected
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48863 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460975 ↗
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/commit/44f8c085045b1f771641091bbb2b810d12cff9e8#diff-309f245ec9b669ec78b8159c39e6f50130b4d4a0448f742685f7833d04bc4caaR592 ↗
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-48863.json ↗