1. zlib Pre-1.3.2 Unterminated Loop Vulnerability Exposes Systems to CPU Exhaustion Risk
A critical algorithmic vulnerability in the widely deployed zlib compression library has been identified, raising concerns across the technology sector. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-27171, resides in the crc32_combine64 and crc32_combine_gen64 functions, where the underlying x2nmodp helper routine contains a loop cons...