CVE-2026-14266

HIGH

7-Zip XZ Decompression - Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
X_Research Advisory x_research-advisory
ZDI-26-444
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-26-444/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.0
EPSS 0.0092
EPSS Percentile 56.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-122
Status published
Products (1)
7-Zip/7-Zip 26.01
Published Jul 29, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 29, 2026