CVE-2026-2219

HIGH

7.5

Description

It was discovered that dpkg-deb (a component of dpkg, the Debian package management system) does not properly validate the end of the data stream when uncompressing a zstd-compressed .deb archive, which may result in denial of service (infinite loop spinning the CPU).

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.5

SeverityHIGH

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredNONE

User InteractionNONE

Published3/7/2026

Last Modified3/9/2026

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-835

References

https://bugs.debian.org/1129722(security@debian.org)

https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=6610297a62c0780dd0e80b0e302ef64fdcc9d313(security@debian.org)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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