Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 13, 2026· Updated Oct 13, 2026

CVE-2026-69973

Description

Improper limitation of a pathname to a restricted directory ('path traversal') in Windows Libarchive allows an unauthorized attacker to perform tampering over a network.

Affected products

Microsoft/Windows libarchivellm-fuzzy

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-69973nvd

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