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🚨 Millions of 7-Zip users should update immediately.
A newly disclosed vulnerability, CVE-2026-14266, could allow Remote Code Execution (RCE) when a victim opens a specially crafted XZ archive.
🔍 Key details:
• Heap-based buffer overflow
• User interaction required
• Exploitable through phishing emails, malicious downloads, and weaponized archive files
• Fixed in 7-Zip 26.02
If you use 7-Zip, update now and avoid opening compressed files from untrusted sources.
Read the full technical breakdown 👇
https://thecybersecguru.com/news/7-zip-vulnerability-cve-2026-14266/
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