CVE-2026-0992
LOW
INFO
Priority: 0.01
BB Relevance:
31/100
Published: 2026-01-15
Modified: 2026-11-06
First seen: 2026-11-06
Status: active
Attack Surface
No Auth
No Interaction
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Local
AC:
High
PR:
None
UI:
None
S:
Unchanged
C:
None
I:
None
A:
Low
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.
Weakness Classification (1)
Affected Software (13)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| ibm | aix | 7.2.5 – 7.2.5.12 |
| ibm | aix | 7.3.4 |
| ibm | vios | 4.1.0 – 4.1.1.30 |
| ibm | vios | 4.1.2.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 6.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 7.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 8.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 9.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 10.0 |
| redhat | hardened_images | - |
| redhat | jboss_core_services | - |
| redhat | openshift_container_platform | 4.0 |
| xmlsoft | libxml2 | < 2.15.2 |
References & Advisories (4)
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
vdb-entry
x_refsource_REDHAT
issue-tracking
x_refsource_REDHAT