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CVE-2026-125742VulnerabilityPublished

7-Zip before 26.06 contains a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the LZX decoder that lets attackers corrupt

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-125742· High 8.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.5 High : upgrade to 26.06 soon.

Data as of 10 Nov 2026, 14:32 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.5High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 4.08.5
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 3.17.8
Patch
Available – fixed in 26.06
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 10 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 10 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade 7-Zip to 26.06.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
7-Zip7-ZipAffected
  • <26.06
Fixed in
  • 26.06
GitHub7-Zippkg:github/7-ZipOther threatsAffected
  • <26.06
Fixed in
  • 26.06

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AI-suggested

A fixed version 26.06 or later addresses this vulnerability. Users should upgrade to 7-Zip version 26.06 or newer to remediate this issue. No other mitigations or temporary workarounds are indicated. Since this is not a cloud service, manual patching is required.

Description

7-Zip versions before 26.06 have a heap out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the LZX decoder. This flaw occurs when processing continuation CAB volumes that declare a smaller window, leading to memory corruption. An attacker can craft multi-volume CAB archives that exploit a stale _pos value to bypass bounds checks, potentially allowing arbitrary code execution when a victim extracts these archives.

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