A flaw was identified in the RAR5 archive decompression logic of the libarchive library, specifically within the archive_read_data() processing path. When a specially crafted RAR5 archive is processed, the decompression routine may enter a state where internal logic prevents forward progress. This condition results in an infinite loop that continuously consumes CPU resources. Because the archive passes checksum validation and appears structurally valid, affected applications cannot detect the issue before processing. This can allow attackers to cause persistent denial-of-service conditions in services that automatically process archives.
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Link Providers
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10065 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10081 cve-icon cve-icon
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16009 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:16174 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:17596 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:25096 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5063 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5080 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6647 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7093 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7105 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7106 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7239 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7329 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7335 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8423 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8746 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8747 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8748 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8865 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8944 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:9832 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-4111 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2446453 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2877 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4111 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-4111 cve-icon
History

Wed, 10 Jun 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.17::el9
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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.15::el9
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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.14::el9
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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.16::el9
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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.19::el9
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First Time appeared Redhat rhui
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhui:5::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat rhui
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Wed, 22 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Redhat insights Proxy
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:insights_proxy:1.5::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat insights Proxy
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Wed, 22 Apr 2026 14:15:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.18::el9
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First Time appeared Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:10.0
Vendors & Products Redhat enterprise Linux Eus
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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:ai_inference_server:3.3::el9
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Thu, 16 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4 cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4.13::el9
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First Time appeared Redhat ai Inference Server
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:ai_inference_server:3.2::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat ai Inference Server
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First Time appeared Redhat discovery
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:discovery:2::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat discovery
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Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::crb
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.4::baseos
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:9.6::baseos
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Eus
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CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0::baseos
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Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Redhat rhel E4s
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.2::baseos
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel E4s
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First Time appeared Redhat hummingbird
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
Vendors & Products Redhat hummingbird

Thu, 19 Mar 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9::baseos
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CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.1
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First Time appeared Redhat openshift Container Platform
Vendors & Products Redhat openshift Container Platform

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Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Important


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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description A flaw was identified in the RAR5 archive decompression logic of the libarchive library, specifically within the archive_read_data() processing path. When a specially crafted RAR5 archive is processed, the decompression routine may enter a state where internal logic prevents forward progress. This condition results in an infinite loop that continuously consumes CPU resources. Because the archive passes checksum validation and appears structurally valid, affected applications cannot detect the issue before processing. This can allow attackers to cause persistent denial-of-service conditions in services that automatically process archives.
Title Libarchive: infinite loop denial of service in rar5 decompression via archive_read_data() in libarchive
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
Weaknesses CWE-835
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat openshift
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-10T17:33:56.419Z

Reserved: 2026-03-13T11:33:42.645Z

Link: CVE-2026-4111

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-13T13:36:15.741Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-13T19:55:13.917

Modified: 2026-06-10T18:17:10.670

Link: CVE-2026-4111

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-03-11T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-4111 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-15T17:00:07Z