CVE-2026-92823 (GCVE-0-2026-92823)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-21 03:18
Modified
2026-10-21 15:49
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CWE
- CWE-409 - Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)
Summary
A flaw was found in libmodulemd. In builds with rpmio support enabled, compressed modulemd YAML is decompressed through a custom read handler that does not enforce a cumulative decompressed-size limit before parsing. An attacker who can supply a highly compressible compressed YAML file can cause excessive CPU and memory consumption, resulting in a denial of service.
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Impacted products
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