CVE-2026-55195

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: July 8, 2026 (0 days ago)
Last Modified: July 8, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in py7zr, a Python library for 7zip archive handling. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by providing a specially crafted .7z file. The `Worker.decompress()` function fails to track the total decompressed size, enabling a small archive to expand significantly and exhaust system resources such as disk space or memory during extraction. This issue is also known as a decompression bomb (CWE-409).

CWE

CWE-409

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 github.com 🔗 github.com