# CVE-2026-78322: File-roller: file-roller: stack buffer overflow in parse\_progress\_line for 7z and rar handlers

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-25 · Updated: 2026-08-27

## Affected

- file-roller: version range not reported
- file-roller: version range not reported
- file-roller: version range not reported

## Description

A flaw was found in file-roller. When opening or extracting a malicious 7z or RAR archive containing a file entry with an excessively long path, file-roller's progress-line parsing copies the path into a fixed-size stack buffer using an unbounded string copy. This can trigger a stack buffer overflow and cause file-roller to terminate, resulting in a denial of service. To exploit this flaw, a victim must open or extract the crafted archive using file-roller.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on file-roller, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-78322
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2521767
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/-/commit/ffb76dc866342cef6a4914873faaa880d14d5aa4
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/file-roller/-/issues/327

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