Published Jul 21, 2026Sources checked Oct 28, 2026
2.9LOWCVSS out of 10
What this means
Review the available evidence
CVE-2026-16517 and is rated Low severity with a CVSS score of 2.9. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
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Vendor revision: Oct 26, 2026
Release Notes
CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.1%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview
What is CVE-2026-16517?
A signed integer overflow vulnerability was found in libarchive's ZIP writer. In the archive_write_zip_header function in archive_write_set_format_zip.c, when ZIP encryption is enabled and the entry file size is close to INT64_MAX, the addition of the encryption overhead to the entry size overflows int64_t, resulting in undefined behavior.
This could lead to incorrect Zip64 extension decisions or potential memory corruption.