CVE-2026-97370: Junrar: RarVM VM_JMP maxOpCount bypass causes infinite CPU loop during RAR4 extraction
Junrar’s RAR virtual machine can be forced into a deterministic infinite loop while extracting a crafted RAR4 archive. The RarVM.ExecuteCode loop is intended to be bounded by maxOpCount, but jump instructions can bypass this limit when setIP() is called with a target instruction pointer greater than or equal to codeSize.
An unauthenticated attacker who can provide a RAR archive to an application using Junrar.extract() can cause the extraction thread to spin forever, consuming CPU and blocking the process. The issue is a denial of service vulnerability, not remote code execution.
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