CVE-2026-66485
MEDIUM
4,6
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: local
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: active
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A
Description
AI Translation Available
GNU cpio is vulnerable to an uncontrolled memory allocation in the make_path function at src/makepath.c. The function uses alloca to allocate stack memory based on the length of argpath, which is derived from an archive-controlled pathname during extraction. A malicious cpio archive containing a sufficiently long nested pathname causes an unbounded stack allocation, resulting in a stack overflow and crash of the cpio process. An attacker who can supply a crafted cpio archive to a victim who extracts it can cause a denial of service.
This issue has been fixed in commit 3cd514031371d8aeeaf2048aa10103e02831aaa9
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Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory)
Applicable Platforms
Languages:
C, C++, Not Language-Specific
https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/08/CVE-2026-66484
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/cpio.git