🛡️ SUSE-SU-2026:20657-1 — libxml2 (CVE-2026-0990 +5 more)
Description
Security update for libxslt, libxml2
This update for libxslt, libxml2 fixes the following issues:
libxml2:
- CVE-2026-0990: call stack overflow leading to application crash
due to infinite recursion in xmlCatalogXMLResolveURI (bsc#1256807, bsc#1256811)
- CVE-2026-0992: excessive resource consumption when processing XML
catalogs due to exponential behavior when handling <nextCatalog> elements (bsc#1256808, bsc#1256809, bsc#1256812)
- CVE-2025-8732: infinite recursion in catalog parsing functions when processing malformed SGML catalog files (bsc#1247858, bsc#1247850)
- CVE-2026-1757: memory leak in the
xmllintinteractive shell (bsc#1257593, bsc#1257594, bsc#1257595) - CVE-2025-10911: use-after-free with key data stored cross-RVT (bsc#1250553)
- CVE-2026-0989: call stack exhaustion leading to application crash
due to RelaxNG parser not limiting the recursion depth when
resolving <include> directives (bsc#1256804, bsc#1256805, bsc#1256810)
libxslt:
- CVE-2025-10911 will be fixed on libxml2 side instead [bsc#1250553]
Affected software
SUSE-SU-2026:20657-1 is recorded against 3 packages.
- libxml2 (fixed in 2.11.6-slfo.1.1_8.1)
- libxml2-python (fixed in 2.11.6-slfo.1.1_8.1)
- libxslt (fixed in 1.1.38-slfo.1.1_6.1)
Timeline and source
Published on 6 March 2026 and last revised on 23 March 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.
References
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Details
Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| libxml2 | — | 2.11.6-slfo.1.1_8.1 |
| libxml2-python | — | 2.11.6-slfo.1.1_8.1 |
| libxslt | — | 1.1.38-slfo.1.1_6.1 |
References
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