CVE-2026-14266CWE-122

CVE-2026-14266

High · published July 29, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
54.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00742 · 54.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow
Published
2026-07-29T22:16Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
7-zip/7-zip< 26.0226.02
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 JUL 17:17Z
    7-Zip XZ Decompression Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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