Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime Affecting libxml2 package, versions [0,]
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- published5 Feb 2026
- disclosed2 Feb 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 2 Feb 2026
CVE-2026-1757 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime via the xmllint interactive shell when repeatedly providing whitespace-only input. An attacker can exhaust system memory and cause process termination by continuously submitting such input, leading to resource exhaustion and denial of service.