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).

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Mon, 09 Mar 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-835
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 09 Mar 2026 10:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Debian
Debian dpkg
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Debian dpkg

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Description 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).
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: debian

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-09T14:52:18.435Z

Reserved: 2026-02-08T15:48:51.824Z

Link: CVE-2026-2219

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-09T14:52:03.318Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-07T09:16:07.823

Modified: 2026-03-09T15:15:57.870

Link: CVE-2026-2219

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-09T10:05:30Z

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