CVE-2026-48863
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-121
Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Publication date:
16/07/2026
Last modified:
18/07/2026
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48863
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460975
- https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/commit/44f8c085045b1f771641091bbb2b810d12cff9e8#diff-309f245ec9b669ec78b8159c39e6f50130b4d4a0448f742685f7833d04bc4caaR592
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48863
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460975
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-48863.json



