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CVE-2026-76781

5.5 medium Published

A flaw was found in libxml2. A local user or an attacker providing a specially crafted XML catalog can trigger a NULL pointer dereference during XML catalog parsing. This occurs when a `nextCatalog` element lacks its mandatory `catalog` attribute, leading to the application crashing and causing a Denial of Service (DoS).

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Vendor advisories in the News 1

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Change history 1

  1. First seenCVSS 5.5 · red hatNVD modified 2026-10-30 06:04

Affected (CPE criteria) 0

NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.

References 5