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CVE-2026-117556VulnerabilityPublished Updated

SUSE · Security update for zchunk

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-117556· Medium 5.3

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.3 Medium : upgrade SUSE zchunk to 1.5.5 when convenient.

Data as of 12 Nov 2026, 14:02 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.3Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 4.05.3
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 3.14.3
Patch
Available – fixed in 1.5.5
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 27 Oct 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 12 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade zchunk and zchunk/zchunk to 1.5.5.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
zchunkzchunkAffected
  • <1.5.5
Fixed in
  • 1.5.5
GitHubzchunk/zchunkpkg:github/zchunk/zchunkOther threatsAffected
  • <1.5.5
Fixed in
  • 1.5.5

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AI-suggested

A security update for zchunk has been released to fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the update provided by SUSE Product Security Team to remediate the issue.

Description

A heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the zchunk library's read_preface() function. This flaw can be triggered by processing a crafted .zck file, potentially causing an application crash.

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