CVE-2026-48095

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. Versions 26.00 and prior contain a heap buffer overflow vulnerability caused by an under-allocation in the NTFS compressed stream buffer (GetCuSize shift UB), potentially allowing attackers to cause arbitrary code execution or application crashes. CInStream::GetCuSize() in the NTFS handler computes the compression-unit buffer size as (UInt32)1 << (BlockSizeLog + CompressionUnit), and a crafted image with ClusterSizeLog >= 28 and CompressionUnit == 4 drives the exponent to 32, which is undefined behavior and collapses on x86/x64 so _inBuf is allocated as 1 byte. ReadStream_FALSE then writes up to 256 MB of attacker-controlled data into that 1-byte buffer in 64 KB iterations, and because the CInStream object sits only 304 bytes after _inBuf, its vtable pointer is overwritten and the next dispatched call achieves a vtable hijack. On 32-bit builds the overflow is unconditionally reached; on 64-bit it requires the parallel 8 GB _outBuf allocation to succeed, otherwise failing closed to denial of service. The NTFS handler is enabled by default in stock 7z.dll and, via signature-based fallback matching "NTFS " at offset 3, will open a crafted image regardless of file extension during extraction or testing. Version 26.01 fixes the issue.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7-zip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

08 Jun 2026, 20:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2026-140_7-Zip/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory () https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2026-140_7-Zip/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory

08 Jun 2026, 13:40

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First Time 7-zip
7-zip 7-zip
CPE cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7-zip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2026-140_7-Zip/ - () https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2026-140_7-Zip/ - Exploit, Third Party Advisory
References () https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/555e132ba4 - () https://sourceforge.net/p/sevenzip/discussion/45797/thread/555e132ba4 - Product, Release Notes

05 Jun 2026, 15:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-05 15:16

Updated : 2026-06-08 20:17


NVD link : CVE-2026-48095

Mitre link : CVE-2026-48095

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-48095


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Products Affected

7-zip

  • 7-zip
CWE
CWE-190

Integer Overflow or Wraparound

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write