CVE-2026-48863
highA flaw was found in libsolv.
A flaw was found in libsolv. A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the PGP verification component due to incorrect length handling when copying EdDSA 's' MPI into a stack buffer. A remote attacker could craft a malicious Ed25519 PGP signature with mismatched MPI lengths. Processing this crafted signature could lead to a denial of service in automated package or repository processing workflows.
CVSS
7.5
7.5 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-07-16 01:16
Modified: 2026-11-04 23:17
NVD status: Awaiting Analysis
Last synced 39 minutes ago
Verified against the source API 2026-11-04 23:38 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48863 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460975 secalert@redhat.com
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/commit/44f8c085045b1f771641091bbb2b810d12cff9e8#diff-3... secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48863 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460975 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-48863.json 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-11-04 23:38 UTC · record ↗