CVE 2.9 LOW

Libxml2: libxml2: denial of service via crafted xml catalogs_CVE-2026-0992

2.9 / 10
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-0992
Source redhat
Published Jan 15, 2026 at 14:20

Affected Product

Vendor Red Hat
Product Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

CWE Classification

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