[UPDATE] [medium] libarchive: Vulnerability allows Denial of Service
A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit a vulnerability in libarchive to conduct a Denial of Service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A vulnerability allows remote attackers to conduct denial of service attacks.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of libarchive.
- Urgency
- Remediation is medium urgency due to the medium severity of the vulnerability.
- Action
- Apply the latest patches to mitigate the vulnerability.
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Details
Original advisory: https://wid.cert-bund.de/portal/wid/securityadvisory?name=WID-SEC-2025-2497
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2025-607530.16% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 6% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2025-60753 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for libarchive
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- medium[NEW] [medium] libarchive: Vulnerability enables denial of servicecert-bund · 2026-08-24
- mediumCVE-2026-63134: Malcolm is a network traffic analysis tool suite. Prior to version 26.07.0, `safe-extract.py` …nvd · 2026-08-11
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] libarchive: Vulnerability allows code executioncert-bund · 2026-08-11
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] libarchive: Multiple vulnerabilities allow information disclosure and DoScert-bund · 2026-08-11
- high[UPDATE] [high] libarchive: Vulnerability enables Denial of Service and potentially Code Executioncert-bund · 2026-08-11
- lowCVE-2026-16517: Libarchive: libarchive: signed integer overflow in archive_write_zip_headermsrc · 2026-08-06
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