CVE-2026-2219

It was discovered that dpkg-deb (a component of dpkg, the Debian package management system) does not properly validate the end of the data stream when…

High · published March 7, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
35.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

It was discovered that dpkg-deb (a component of dpkg, the Debian package management system) does not properly validate the end of the data stream when uncompressing a zstd-compressed .deb archive, which may result in denial of service (infinite loop spinning the CPU).

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00426 · 35.8th percentile
Published
2026-03-07T08:10Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 MAR 08:10Z
    It was discovered that dpkg-deb (a component of dpkg, the Debian package management system) does not properly validate the end of the data stream when…
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