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vulnerabilityCVE-2026-0992
Name
CVE-2026-0992
Source
NVD ( link)Debian ( link)
Description
A flaw was found in the libxml2 library. This uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability occurs when processing XML catalogs that contain repeated <nextCatalog> elements pointing to the same downstream catalog. A remote attacker can exploit this by supplying crafted catalogs, causing the parser to redundantly traverse catalog chains. This leads to excessive CPU consumption and degrades application availability, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.
Published Date
Updated Date
Workaround
-
Advisories

Analysis#


Affected Component
Analysis
libxml2
Patched

Vulnerability Ratings#


2.9
CVSSv31
NaN
other

Others affected components#


Name
Project
Project Version
Version
Status
buildroot
2025.02.x
2.15.3
Not Affected
buildroot
master
2.15.3
Not Affected
openwrt
master
2.15.3-r1
Not Affected
openwrt
openwrt-25.12
2.15.1-r1
Not Affected
yocto
master
2.15.3
Not Affected
yocto
scarthgap
2.12.10
Patched

Resolved with patches#


libxml2 (yocto:kirkstone)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
testcatalog: Add new tests for catalog.c
Daniel Garcia Moreno <daniel.garcia@suse.com>
CVE-2026-0992
2
catalog: Do not check value for duplication nextCatalog
Daniel Garcia Moreno <dani@danigm.net>
CVE-2026-0992

libxml2 (yocto:scarthgap)

#
Title
Author
Resolve
1
testcatalog: Add new tests for catalog.c
Daniel Garcia Moreno <daniel.garcia@suse.com>
CVE-2026-0992
2
catalog: Do not check value for duplication nextCatalog
Daniel Garcia Moreno <dani@danigm.net>
CVE-2026-0992