USN-8910-1 (UBUNTU-CVE-2026-76781)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-10-08 20:05 – Updated: 2026-10-08 20:05 – Source website
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Summary
libxml2 vulnerabilities
Details

Yirou Yang discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain XML catalogs. If a user or automated system was tricked into processing a specially crafted XML catalog, an attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-76781)

It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain large qualified names, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-86138)

It was discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled escaping certain large URI strings. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libxml2 to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-86139)

Xudong Cao and Meng Xu discovered that libxml2 incorrectly handled certain large XPointer expressions, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2026-86142)

Xudong Cao and Meng Xu discovered that libxml2 did not check for integer overflows before passing output lengths to write callbacks. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause an application using libxml2 to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2026-86143)

It was discovered that libxml2 did not apply parser options, such as disabling network access, when processing XInclude directives under certain circumstances. An attacker could possibly use this issue to perform XML external entity injection or server-side request forgery attacks, or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-86144)

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