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🛡️ OESA-2026-1853 — xz (CVE-2026-34743)

🔴 CVSS 9.5 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
9.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

xz security update

XZ Utils is free general-purpose data compression software with a high compression ratio. XZ Utils were written for POSIX-like systems, but also work on some not-so-POSIX systems. XZ Utils are the successor to LZMA Utils.

Security Fix(es):

XZ Utils provide a general-purpose data-compression library plus command-line tools. Prior to version 5.8.3, if lzma_index_decoder() was used to decode an Index that contained no Records, the resulting lzma_index was left in a state where where a subsequent lzma_index_append() would allocate too little memory, and a buffer overflow would occur. This issue has been patched in version 5.8.3.(CVE-2026-34743)

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Affected software

OESA-2026-1853 is recorded against 1 package.

  • xz (fixed in 5.4.7-8.oe2403sp3)

Timeline and source

Published on 11 April 2026 and last revised on 18 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

www.openeuler.org (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

xz has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-04-11
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-18
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
xz — 5.4.7-8.oe2403sp3

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