zlib 1.2.11 through 1.3.2 Heap Buffer Overflow via Stale gzwrite Pointer After Failed Write

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CVE-2026-76844 · Microsoft / collected KEV context

EUVD-2026-64850

GHSA-p3f5-w63m-mxph

GHSA-g84c-rxfj-3j2c

cve-program · CVE-2026-76844

• https://gist.github.com/thesmartshadow/e0b9481792afb7c31e86fee1ff084490
• https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/df84af25dc1942490e1d1c899a07619152a46148
• https://github.com/madler/zlib/blob/v1.3.2/gzwrite.c#L393
• https://github.com/madler/zlib
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zlib-1.3.1.2-through-1.3.2-heap-buffer-overflow-via-gz-vacate

euvd · EUVD-2026-64850

• https://gist.github.com/thesmartshadow/e0b9481792afb7c31e86fee1ff084490
• https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/df84af25dc1942490e1d1c899a07619152a46148
• https://github.com/madler/zlib/blob/v1.3.2/gzwrite.c#L393
• https://github.com/madler/zlib
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zlib-1.3.1.2-through-1.3.2-heap-buffer-overflow-via-gz-vacate

nvd · CVE-2026-76844

• https://gist.github.com/thesmartshadow/e0b9481792afb7c31e86fee1ff084490
• https://github.com/madler/zlib
• https://github.com/madler/zlib/blob/v1.3.2/gzwrite.c#L393
• https://github.com/madler/zlib/commit/df84af25dc1942490e1d1c899a07619152a46148
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/zlib-1.3.1.2-through-1.3.2-heap-buffer-overflow-via-gz-vacate

osv · GHSA-g84c-rxfj-3j2c

• https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/security/advisories/GHSA-g84c-rxfj-3j2c
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76844
• https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/pull/2404
• https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/commit/13344e78b26d88fe9b7c8381a3860e248a52359b
• https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/commit/cefccbac330c29052fc6dffe85fd292ea2ac782b
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wr3j-pwj9-hqq6
• https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware
• https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/blob/v8.1.1/src/middleware.js
• https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/releases/tag/v7.4.6
• https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/releases/tag/v8.3.0
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/webpack-dev-middleware-path-traversal-via-offset-slice-on-a-non-slash-terminated-publicpath

osv · GHSA-p3f5-w63m-mxph

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76844
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wr3j-pwj9-hqq6
• https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware
• https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/blob/v8.1.1/src/middleware.js
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/webpack-dev-middleware-path-traversal-via-offset-slice-on-a-non-slash-terminated-publicpath

• zlib 1.2.11 through 1.3.2 contains a heap buffer overflow: after an underlying write() fails, gz_write() returns without resetting strm.next_in, leaving it pointed at the caller's buffer. A later gz* write call then derives a position from … · Advisory content revised · 1 Nov 2026