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CVE-2026-16254

Claircore: claircore: denial of service via out-of-bounds slice in claircore's apk installed-database parser

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Not listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel8

    Version range not reported

  • advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-main-rhel9

    Version range not reported

  • advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-operator-bundle

    Version range not reported

  • advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-rhel8-operator

    Version range not reported

  • advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-rhel9-operator

    Version range not reported

  • advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-roxctl-rhel8

    Version range not reported

  • advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-roxctl-rhel9

    Version range not reported

  • advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-scanner-v4-rhel8

    Version range not reported

  • advanced-cluster-security/rhacs-scanner-v4-rhel9

    Version range not reported

  • quay/clair-rhel8

    Version range not reported

  • quay/clair-rhel9

    Version range not reported

References 2

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