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CVE-2026-0990

Libxml2: libxml2: denial of service via uncontrolled recursion in xml catalog processing

Published: 1/15/2026 Last updated: 4/22/2026 Reserved: 1/15/2026

A flaw was found in libxml2, an XML parsing library. This uncontrolled recursion vulnerability occurs in the xmlCatalogXMLResolveURI function when an XML catalog contains a delegate URI entry that references itself. A remote attacker could exploit this configuration-dependent issue by providing a specially crafted XML catalog, leading to infinite recursion and call stack exhaustion. This ultimately results in a segmentation fault, causing a Denial of Service (DoS) by crashing affected applications.

CNA assigner: redhat (53f830b8-0a3f-465b-8143-3b8a9948e749) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
3.1 5.9 Medium CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Opam packages affected (5)

bap-llvm conf-gtksourceview conf-gtksourceview3 conf-librsvg2 lablgtk3-gtkspell3

Products affected (15)

Product Vendor Version
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat n/a
Red Hat Hardened Images Red Hat n/a
Red Hat JBoss Core Services Red Hat n/a
Red Hat JBoss Core Services Red Hat n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Red Hat before 1.7.2
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Red Hat n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Red Hat n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Red Hat n/a
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat < 2.0.0
Red Hat Hardened Images Red Hat n/a
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Red Hat n/a
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Red Hat n/a

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