CVE-2026-86142

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    CVE-2026-86142

    Published: 5 Sept 2026Last Modified: 25 Sept 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In libxml2 before 2.15.4, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in xmlXPtrEvalXPtrPart because of xmlXPtrEval xpointer length saturation.

    References: https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/compare/v2.15.3...v2.15.4, https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/work_items/1113, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/86xxx/CVE-2026-86142.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86142, https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/6b3a736c0edc74ceec3d82f5252499d7911b3a58

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -96498992efa48d52b0e8b83058bd88dbdaf153c1

    Affected versions

    v2.15.3
    v2.15.2
    v2.15.1
    v2.15.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Network
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    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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