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SzafirHost RCE Lets Forged Native Libraries Bypass Signature Checks

Updated 9h agoFirst seen Jun 29, 20262 sources

CERT Polska disclosed CVE-2026-13165, a high-severity remote code execution flaw in Krajowa Izba Rozliczeniowa's SzafirHost software that affects all versions before 1.2.2. The vulnerability arises from inconsistent parsing of a downloaded signed native library archive: signature verification uses JarFile to read the ZIP Central Directory, while extraction uses JarInputStream to process local file headers sequentially.

An attacker able to control the served archive can add a malicious DLL, SO, or DYLIB entry that does not appear in the Central Directory, allowing the archive to pass signature validation while the rogue library is still written to disk and potentially executed from the native temporary directory. The issue is tracked as CVE-2026-13165, carries a CVSS 4.0 score of 8.6, and was fixed in SzafirHost 1.2.2 after coordinated disclosure by CERT Polska; Mariusz Maik was credited with reporting the flaw.

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Jun 29, 20261d ago

CVE feed lists CVE-2026-13165 as high severity

On 2026-06-29, a CVE feed entry described CVE-2026-13165 as a high-severity SzafirHost remote code execution flaw with a CVSS 4.0 base score of 8.6, citing CERT-PL as the source.

CVE-2026-13165 - Remote Code Execution in SzafirHost
Jun 1, 202629d ago

CERT Polska publishes advisory for CVE-2026-13165

On 2026-06-01, CERT Polska published an advisory describing CVE-2026-13165, a remote code execution vulnerability in SzafirHost caused by inconsistent parsing between JarFile verification and JarInputStream extraction.

Vulnerability in SzafirHost software | CERT Polska

SzafirHost 1.2.2 fixes CVE-2026-13165

Krajowa Izba Rozliczeniowa fixed the remote code execution vulnerability CVE-2026-13165 in SzafirHost version 1.2.2. The flaw affected all versions before 1.2.2 and involved inconsistent parsing of signed native library archives.

Vulnerability in SzafirHost software | CERT Polska

Researcher reports SzafirHost archive parsing vulnerability

CERT Polska said it coordinated disclosure after receiving a responsible report from Mariusz Maik about a remote code execution flaw in Krajowa Izba Rozliczeniowa's SzafirHost software.

Vulnerability in SzafirHost software | CERT Polska
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