7.5
High
CVE-2026-2219 It was discovered that dpkg-deb (a component of dpkg, the Debian package management system) does not properly validate…
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).
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| dpkg 1.21 | 1.21.18 → < 1.23.6 | 1.23.6 |