7-Zip before 26.06 contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the LZX decoder that lets attackers corrupt memory when a…
CVE-2026-125742
7-Zip before 26.06 contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the LZX decoder that lets attackers corrupt memory when a continuation CAB volume declares a smaller window. Attackers can entice victims to extract crafted multi-volume CAB archives, where a stale pos value bypasses bounds checks, enabling arbitrary code execution.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 8.5 (v4.0)
- Severity
- High
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 10 November 2026
- Last updated
- 10 November 2026
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/ip7z/7zip/commit/d3296e39e1f1f92c7b41c0c3848e65640428d42d
- https://github.com/ip7z/7zip/releases/tag/26.06
- https://github.com/ip7z/7zip/blob/26.05/CPP/7zip/Compress/LzxDecoder.cpp#L1496-L1513
- https://potion-brew.pages.dev/posts/7zip-cab-lzx-window-desync-rce/
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/7-zip-before-26.06-heap-out-of-bounds-write-via-lzx-decoder-in-cab-extraction
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-125742
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