CVE-2026-5745

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-04-07. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A flaw was found in libarchive. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the ACL parsing logic, specifically within the archive_acl_from_text_nl() function. When processing a malformed ACL string (such as a bare "d" or "default" tag without subsequent fields), the function fails to perform adequate validation before advancing the pointer. An attacker can exploit this by providing a maliciously crafted archive, causing an application utilizing the libarchive API (such as bsdtar) to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
25(Track)
EG Risk 25/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS
5.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 7, 2026

Last Modified

May 3, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated May 3, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat

2455921 – (CVE-2026-5745) CVE-2026-5745 libarchive: A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the ACL parser of libarchive

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455921
redhat Patch Available

cve-details

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5745
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:8944

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-5745(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatlibarchive-main-3.8.7-1.hum12026-04-20redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-5745?
CVE-2026-5745 is a medium vulnerability published on April 7, 2026. A flaw was found in libarchive. A NULL pointer dereference vulnerability exists in the ACL parsing logic, specifically within the archiveaclfromtextnl() function. When processing a malformed ACL string (such as a bare "d" or "default" tag without subsequent fields), the function fails to perform…
When was CVE-2026-5745 disclosed?
CVE-2026-5745 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 7, 2026, with the most recent update on May 3, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-5745 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-5745 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 5.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-5745?
CVE-2026-5745 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-5745?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-5745, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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