Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libxml2 package, versions [,2.15.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-LIBXML2-20079005
  • published24 Sept 2026
  • disclosed5 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 5 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-86137  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libxml2 to version 2.15.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read in the xmlFAParsePosCharGroup function. An attacker can cause the application to become unstable or crash by submitting specially crafted XML input that triggers reading beyond the allocated memory buffer.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1