Medium severity · published May 20, 2026
CVE-2026-9149
Libsolv: heap buffer overflow in libsolv repo_add_solv via negative maxsize from crafted .solv file
6.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in libsolv. This heap buffer overflow vulnerability occurs when a victim processes a specially crafted `.solv` file containing negative size values in the `repo_add_solv` function. This leads to an undersized memory allocation and a subsequent out-of-bounds write. An attacker could exploit this to cause a denial of service (DoS).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Hardened Images · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Satellite 6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
RH
Red Hat Update Infrastructure 4 for Cloud Providers · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: vendor
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
7.0; 8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
HI
Hardened Images · Redhat
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
LI
Libsolv · Opensuse
through 0.7.36 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9149
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9149
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21333
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28236
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:48818
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-9149
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460380
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/openSUSE/libsolv/pull/617
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