
CVE catalog
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
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.23% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libsolv | sid | 0.7.40-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | libsolv | forky | 0.7.40-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | libsolv | trixie | 0.7.32-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | libsolv | bookworm | 0.7.23-1+deb12u1 | vulnerable |
| Cpe | libsolv | Not reported | Not reported | vulnerable |
| Cpe | libsolv | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | hardened_images | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | openshift_container_platform | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | satellite | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | update_infrastructure | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | enterprise_linux | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | libsolv | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | hardened_images | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | openshift_container_platform | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | satellite | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | update_infrastructure | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
| Cpe | enterprise_linux | Not reported | Not reported | unknown |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | libsolv | source | sid | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | libsolv | source | forky | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | libsolv | source | trixie | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | libsolv | source | bookworm | (unfixed) | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libsolv1]Affected
Source package: [libsolv]
Details (2)
0.7.23-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · libsolv · debian · bookworm
0.7.23-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · libsolv · debian · bookworm
- [libsolv-dev]Affected
Source package: [libsolv]
Details (2)
0.7.23-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · libsolv · debian · bookworm
0.7.23-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · libsolv · debian · bookworm
- [libsolv-doc]Affected
Source package: [libsolv]
Details (2)
0.7.23-1+deb12u1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · libsolv · debian · bookworm
0.7.23-1+deb12u1· all · bookwormAffected
nvd · libsolv · debian · bookworm
- [libsolvext1]Affected
Source package: [libsolv]
Details (2)
0.7.23-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · libsolv · debian · bookworm
0.7.23-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · libsolv · debian · bookworm
- [libsolvext-dev]Affected
Source package: [libsolv]
Details (2)
0.7.23-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · libsolv · debian · bookworm
0.7.23-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · libsolv · debian · bookworm
- [libsolv-perl]Affected
Source package: [libsolv]
Details (2)
0.7.23-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · libsolv · debian · bookworm
0.7.23-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · libsolv · debian · bookworm
- [libsolv-tools]Affected
Source package: [libsolv]
Details (2)
0.7.23-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · libsolv · debian · bookworm
0.7.23-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · libsolv · debian · bookworm
- [python3-solv]Affected
Source package: [libsolv]
Details (2)
0.7.23-1+deb12u1· amd64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · libsolv · debian · bookworm
0.7.23-1+deb12u1· arm64 · bookwormAffected
nvd · libsolv · debian · bookworm
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2026_48811.json]
- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48864]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-48864]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-48864]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-48864.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2026/wid-sec-w-2026-2919.json]
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