Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting libxml2 package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBXML2-15010800
  • published16 Jan 2026
  • disclosed15 Jan 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-0989  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for libxml2.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion via the RelaxNG schema inclusion process. An attacker can cause stack exhaustion and application crashes by supplying maliciously crafted or deeply nested schema files that trigger unbounded recursion during parsing.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1