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🛡️ CVE-2026-0992 on Ubuntu — libxml2

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-0992 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package libxml2. The fix is available in version 2.14.5+dfsg-0.2ubuntu0.1; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is high, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: High — the attacker first has to win a race, learn a secret or otherwise prepare the target.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-0992 is classified as CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. A request can consume memory, CPU or storage without limit, exhausting capacity for everyone else.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-0992 is recorded against 1 package.

  • libxml2 (fixed in 2.14.5+dfsg-0.2ubuntu0.1)

Timeline and source

Published on 15 January 2026 and last revised on 22 April 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
access.redhat.com (Report)
ubuntu.com (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

libxml2 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) in other software:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-01-15
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-04-22
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libxml2 — 2.14.5+dfsg-0.2ubuntu0.1

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