Upstream information

CVE-2026-88340 at MITRE

Description

An invalid pointer release vulnerability exists in YARA 4.5.8 during deserialization of compiled .yrc rule files. The vulnerability is caused by insufficient validation of external-variable pointers, which may lead to invalid free in yr_rules_destroy() or wild pointer access in yr_object_create(). An attacker can provide a specially crafted .yrc file that causes memory corruption and application crash.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1282527 [NEW]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Sep 24 12:06:49 2026
CVE page last modified: Thu Sep 24 12:06:49 2026