Malicious code was discovered in the upstream tarballs of xz, starting with version 5.6.0. Through a series of complex obfuscations, the liblzma build process extracts a prebuilt object file from a disguised test file existing in the source code, which is then used to modify specific functions in the liblzma code. This results in a modified liblzma library that can be used by any software linked against this library, intercepting and modifying the data interaction with this library.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 10
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | alpine-linux-upgrade-lighttpdalpine-linux-upgrade-xz | Apr 1, 2024 | Mar 29, 2024 | |
| Arch Linux | arch-linux-upgrade-latest | Jul 11, 2025 | Mar 29, 2024 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-xz-utils | Apr 1, 2024 | Mar 29, 2024 | |
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-app-arch-xz-utils | Apr 1, 2024 | Mar 29, 2024 | |
| Linux | linux-cve-2024-3094 | Apr 15, 2024 | Mar 29, 2024 | |
| Macos | macos-cve-2024-3094 | Apr 3, 2024 | Mar 29, 2024 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-liblzma5suse-upgrade-liblzma5-x86-64-v3suse-upgrade-xzsuse-upgrade-xz-develsuse-upgrade-xz-lang | Apr 1, 2024 | Mar 29, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-xz-utils | Apr 1, 2024 | Mar 29, 2024 |
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