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CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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A flaw was found in libarchive. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the ACL parsing logic, specifically within the archive_acl_from_text_nl() function. When processing a malformed ACL string (such as a bare "d" or "default" tag without subsequent fields), the function fails to perform adequate validation before advancing the pointer. An attacker can exploit this by providing a maliciously crafted archive, causing an application utilizing the libarchive API (such as bsdtar) to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).
Analysis
Libarchive's archive_acl_from_text_nl() function fails to validate malformed ACL strings before dereferencing pointers, allowing local attackers to crash applications that process untrusted archives via specially crafted ACL fields. This NULL pointer dereference results in denial of service with high availability impact. …
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EUVD-2026-19705
GHSA-fjqv-vj6q-4fcm