CVE-2026-16254

Published: Jul 20, 2026Modified: Jul 21, 2026

4.3

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploitability: 2.8 / Impact: 1.4

Source: secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)

Description

A flaw was found in claircore's apk package scanner. Malformed package-database data in a container layer can cause an out-of-bounds access that panics the scanner. If that panic is not recovered, the Clair indexer process can crash, leading to a denial of service.

Related CWEs

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.

References (2)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-16254

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502701

Source: secalert@redhat.com

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