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Rocky Linux 9 libarchive Security Update RLSA-2026-8520 Released

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Calendar Grey April 19, 2026
Rockylinux Esm H88
Important libarchive security update for Rocky Linux 9 addresses two significant issues—review CVSS details for impact.
Important: libarchive security update

Summary

An update is available for libarchive. This update affects Rocky Linux 9. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list


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Topics Covered

security advisory arbitrary code execution important information disclosure libarchive rocky linux

RPMs

bsdtar-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.aarch64.rpm

bsdtar-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm

bsdtar-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.s390x.rpm

bsdtar-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.x86_64.rpm

bsdtar-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.aarch64.rpm

bsdtar-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm

bsdtar-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.s390x.rpm

bsdtar-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.x86_64.rpm

libarchive-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.aarch64.rpm

libarchive-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.i686.rpm

libarchive-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm

libarchive-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.s390x.rpm

libarchive-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.src.rpm

libarchive-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.x86_64.rpm

libarchive-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.aarch64.rpm

libarchive-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.i686.rpm

libarchive-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm

libarchive-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.s390x.rpm

libarchive-debuginfo-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.x86_64.rpm

libarchive-debugsource-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.aarch64.rpm

libarchive-debugsource-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.i686.rpm

libarchive-debugsource-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.ppc64le.rpm

libarchive-debugsource-0:3.5.3-9.el9_7.s390x.rpm

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References

No references

CVES

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-4424

https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2026-5121

Severity
important

Name: RLSA-2026:8510
Affected Products: Rocky Linux 9

Fixes

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2449006

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2452945


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Topics Covered

security advisory arbitrary code execution important information disclosure libarchive rocky linux

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