CVE-2026-14266

EUVD-2026-50420
7-Zip XZ Decompression Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of 7-Zip. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the processing of XZ chunked data. Crafted XZ-compressed data can trigger an overflow of a heap-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-30169.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 52.6%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
7-zip7-zip
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< 26.02
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
7zip
bookworm
vulnerable
bookworm (security)
22.01+really26.02+dfsg-0+deb12u1
fixed
forky
26.02+dfsg-3
fixed
sid
26.03+dfsg-1
fixed
trixie
no-dsa
p7zip
bookworm
vulnerable
bookworm (security)
16.02+really26.02+dfsg-0+deb12u1
fixed
trixie
16.02+transitional.1
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
7zip
jammy
needs-triage
noble
needs-triage
resolute
needs-triage
p7zip
bionic
needs-triage
focal
needs-triage
jammy
needs-triage
noble
not-affected
resolute
not-affected
trusty
needs-triage
xenial
needs-triage
Amazon Linux logo
Amazon Linux Releases
Amazon Package
Release
7zip
Amazon Linux 2023
0:26.02-17.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
7zip-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
0:26.02-17.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
7zip-debugsource
Amazon Linux 2023
0:26.02-17.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
7zip-reduced
Amazon Linux 2023
0:26.02-17.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
7zip-reduced-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
0:26.02-17.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
7zip-standalone
Amazon Linux 2023
0:26.02-17.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
7zip-standalone-all
Amazon Linux 2023
0:26.02-17.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
7zip-standalone-all-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
0:26.02-17.amzn2023.0.1
fixed
7zip-standalone-debuginfo
Amazon Linux 2023
0:26.02-17.amzn2023.0.1
fixed