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XZ Utils 5.8.3

Type: patchSources: XZ Utils

XZ Utils 5.8.3 fixes CVE-2026-34743, including a liblzma buffer overflow and invalid memory access in xz’s --files and --files0 handling.

Products
XZ Utils
Affected versions
all XZ Utils versions since 5.0.0
Fixed versions
5.8.3
CVEs
CVE-2026-34743
Confirmed fixed CVEs
CVE-2026-34743
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 14:19 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

XZ Utils 5.8.3

github-tukaani-project-xz · Original source

Published 31 Mar 2026, 16:43 UTC

XZ Utils 5.8.3 fixes CVE-2026-34743, including a liblzma buffer overflow and invalid memory access in xz’s --files and --files0 handling.

IMPORTANT: This includes a fix for CVE-2026-34743 which affects all XZ Utils versions since 5.0.0.

XZ Utils

Fixed versions: 5.8.3

Complete source record
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