7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. Versions 9.21 through 26.00 contain an An uninitialized memory disclosure vulnerability in the UEFI capsule (.scap) parser in 7-Zip. The OpenCapsule function allocates a heap buffer of attacker-declared CapsuleImageSize (up to 1 GiB) without zero-initialization, then reads the file contents into it with ReadStream_FALSE whose return value is silently discarded. If the file is truncated, the unread tail of the buffer retains uninitialized heap memory, which is then exposed as extracted file content via GetStream. Version 26.0.1 fixes the issue.
History

Sun, 07 Jun 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Mcmilk
Mcmilk 7-zip
Vendors & Products Mcmilk
Mcmilk 7-zip

Fri, 05 Jun 2026 20:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description 7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. Versions 9.21 through 26.00 contain an An uninitialized memory disclosure vulnerability in the UEFI capsule (.scap) parser in 7-Zip. The OpenCapsule function allocates a heap buffer of attacker-declared CapsuleImageSize (up to 1 GiB) without zero-initialization, then reads the file contents into it with ReadStream_FALSE whose return value is silently discarded. If the file is truncated, the unread tail of the buffer retains uninitialized heap memory, which is then exposed as extracted file content via GetStream. Version 26.0.1 fixes the issue.
Title GHSL-2026-117: 7-Zip UEFI Capsule uninitialized heap memory disclosure
Weaknesses CWE-908
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-06-05T15:17:38.676Z

Updated: 2026-06-05T19:38:15.207Z

Reserved: 2026-05-20T18:40:45.835Z

Link: CVE-2026-48101

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-06-05T19:38:11.295Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Undergoing Analysis

Published: 2026-06-05T16:16:41.423

Modified: 2026-06-05T17:04:07.863

Link: CVE-2026-48101

cve-icon Redhat

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