CVE-2026-0990 (GCVE-0-2026-0990)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-15 14:20 – Updated: 2026-04-22 09:30
VLAI
Title
Libxml2: libxml2: denial of service via uncontrolled recursion in xml catalog processing
Summary
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.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-01-15 00:00
Credits
Red Hat would like to thank Nick Wellnhofer for reporting this issue.
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