Bug 2448049 - CVE-2026-4111 libarchive: Infinite Loop Denial of Service in RAR5 Decompression via archive_read_data() in libarchive [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-4111 libarchive: Infinite Loop Denial of Service in RAR5 Decompressi...
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Status: ON_QA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: libarchive
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Lukas Javorsky
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["931e743c-12fe-416b-993e-3...
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Blocks: CVE-2026-4111
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Reported: 2026-03-16 15:08 UTC by Abhishek Raj
Modified: 2026-03-26 04:01 UTC (History)
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Description Abhishek Raj 2026-03-16 15:08:23 UTC 
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.
Comment 1 Lukas Javorsky 2026-03-25 10:12:18 UTC 
Fedora Rawhide and f44 are on version 3.8.6 that has this CVE fixed.
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-03-25 10:28:31 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-b42b8b1c00 (libarchive-3.8.6-1.fc44) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 44.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-b42b8b1c00
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-03-26 04:01:53 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-b42b8b1c00 has been pushed to the Fedora 44 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-b42b8b1c00`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-b42b8b1c00

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
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