CVE-2026-27171: zlib vulnerability
Fixed in 1.3.2 · Affected: zlib before 1.3.2 · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
Not in CyberSIXT coverage yet: no article names this CVE. This page shows the public record.
Higher than 15% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
zlib before 1.3.2 allows CPU consumption via crc32_combine64 and crc32_combine_gen64 because x2nmodp can do right shifts within a loop that has no termination condition.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- zlib · zlibbefore 1.3.2
On the Atlas
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Vendor
- zlib
- Published
- February 2026
CoverageNo articles yet
No CyberSIXT article names CVE-2026-27171 yet, so there is no coverage timeline, action brief or change log for it. Everything on this page comes from the public CVE record, CISA KEV, EPSS and the nuclei template index. Search the archive or see the CVEs in the news.
References
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CVE recordcve.org
- Weakness CWE-1284cwe.mitre.org
- github.com/madler/zlib/issues/904github.com
- 7asecurity.com/reports/pentest-report-zlib-RC1.1.pdf7asecurity.com
- 7asecurity.com/blog/2026/02/zlib-7asecurity-audit7asecurity.com
- ostif.org/zlib-audit-completeostif.org
- github.com/madler/zlib/releases/tag/v1.3.2github.com