SB2026022043 - SUSE update for libxml2
Published: February 20, 2026
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Use-after-free (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-10911)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error when parsing xsl nodes. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted XML file to the application and crash it.
2) Uncontrolled Recursion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-0990)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an uncontrolled recursion in the xmlCatalogXMLResolveURI function when an XML catalog contains a delegate URI entry that references itself. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and perform a denial of service attack.
3) Resource exhaustion (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-0992)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources when processing XML catalogs that contain repeated <nextCatalog> elements pointing to the same downstream catalog. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
4) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2026-1757)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the interactive shell of the xmllint utility when handling whitespaces. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.