CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-20348

HighCVSS 7.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.33%

26th percentile - higher than 26% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in the XAR file format parser of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition or possibly other expanded impacts as a result of memory corruption. This is due to improper boundary checks for content in XAR files during scanning.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can submit a crafted XAR file, potentially causing the ClamAV scanning process to terminate and making the software unavailable.

Recommendation

Upgrade ClamAV to the latest version that includes fixes for this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

A vulnerability in the XAR file format parser of ClamAV could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause a DoS condition or possibly other expanded impacts as a result of memory corruption on an affected device. This vulnerability is due to improper boundary checks for content in XAR files during scanning. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by submitting a crafted file that contains XAR content to be scanned by ClamAV on an affected device. A successful exploit could allow the attacker to cause the ClamAV scanning process to terminate, resulting in a DoS condition on the affected software.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS