CVE-2026-48104

7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. Versions 9.18 through 26.00 contain an uninitialized heap read in the SquashFS archive handler caused by a sparsely populated index array. In the SquashFS handler, _blockToNode is allocated with capacity for every metadata block but populated only when an inode crosses a block boundary, so a crafted image with few inodes spanning many blocks leaves most slots holding raw heap contents (the underlying allocator does not zero-initialize POD storage). When OpenDir looks up an attacker-influenced blockIndex (derived from the RootInode superblock field), it reads two of these uninitialized slots and passes them as the left/right bounds of a binary search over _nodesPos, which dereferences the midpoint without bounds checking; if the resulting value happens to match the search key, the returned index is used to read a full node struct from _nodes whose fields feed further directory parsing, forming a chained OOB read primitive that is heap-layout-dependent and not reliably triggerable. The SquashFS handler is enabled by default in stock 7z.dll and the issue triggers during Open() with no interaction beyond opening the file; impact is denial of service from wild-pointer dereference and potential heap information disclosure, with no write primitive. Version 26.01 fixes the issue.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

08 Jun 2026, 18:03

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7-zip 7-zip
CPE cpe:2.3:a:7-zip:7-zip:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2026-115_GHSL-2026-122_7-zip/ - () https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2026-115_GHSL-2026-122_7-zip/ - Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory

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References () https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2026-115_GHSL-2026-122_7-zip/ - () https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2026-115_GHSL-2026-122_7-zip/ -

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Information

Published : 2026-06-05 17:16

Updated : 2026-06-08 18:03


NVD link : CVE-2026-48104

Mitre link : CVE-2026-48104

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-48104


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Products Affected

7-zip

  • 7-zip
CWE
CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

CWE-908

Use of Uninitialized Resource