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Medium · 4.3 CVE-2026-16254 EUVD-2026-45900GHSA-985f-wwqg-mmx8

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

Published Jul 20, 2026 · Updated Jul 20, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security 4 — —
Red Hat Red Hat Quay 3 — —

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