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CVE-2026-11979

Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in libxml2

CVSS 1.8 LOWEPSS 0.2%CWE-121
Vexday Risk Score
8Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 1.8EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch referenciado
Lifecycle
29 Jun 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
libxml2 is vulnerable to multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the xmlcatalog utility when running in --shell mode. The usershell() function processes user input using fixed-size stack buffers without proper bounds checking. By supplying an overly long input line, an attacker can overflow internal buffers (command, arg, and argv) during input parsing. This results in memory corruption within the stack frame. Successful exploitation may cause a crash or potentially allow arbitrary code execution in the context of the xmlcatalog process. This issue has been fixed in the commit c2e233fc. NOTE: The maintainers of this project did not agree that this issue is a vulnerability and considered it a bug.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Affected products
xmlsoft · libxml2

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