Bug 2488907

Summary: CVE-2026-9669 mercurial: Python: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds write in BZ2 decompression [fedora-all]
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Srikanth Balasubramanian <sbalasub>
Component: mercurialAssignee: Mads Kiilerich <mads>
Status: NEW --- QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version: rawhideCC: fedoraproject.org, mads, ndbecker2, opohorel, pstodulk
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Target Release: ---Flags: mads: needinfo? (sbalasub)
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Description Srikanth Balasubramanian 2026-06-15 14:36:36 UTC
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Comment 1 Mads Kiilerich 2026-06-15 21:00:38 UTC
What is the value of this report? What should who do about that?