Upstream information

CVE-2026-74860 at MITRE

Description

A flaw was found in libxml2 with Python bindings enabled. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted XML document containing a Document Type Definition (DTD) with enumerated attribute values. This triggers a double-free error in the SAX attributeDecl callback handler, where a string is freed twice. This flaw can lead to a denial of service (DoS) due to a reproducible crash in Python applications using the libxml2 SAX bindings.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Red Hat)
Base Score 8.5
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
No SUSE Bugzilla entries cross referenced.

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Liberty Linux 10
  • libxml2 >= 2.12.5-10.el10_2.4
  • libxml2-devel >= 2.12.5-10.el10_2.4
  • libxml2-static >= 2.12.5-10.el10_2.4
  • python3-libxml2 >= 2.12.5-10.el10_2.4
Patchnames:
RHSA-2026:71586 (x86_64)
SUSE Liberty Linux 8
  • libxml2 >= 2.9.7-21.el8_10.9
  • libxml2-devel >= 2.9.7-21.el8_10.9
  • python3-libxml2 >= 2.9.7-21.el8_10.9
Patchnames:
RHSA-2026:71641 (i686,x86_64)
SUSE Liberty Linux 9
  • libxml2 >= 2.9.13-14.el9_8.5
  • libxml2-devel >= 2.9.13-14.el9_8.5
  • python3-libxml2 >= 2.9.13-14.el9_8.5
Patchnames:
RHSA-2026:71585 (i686,x86_64)


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP7 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 libxml2 Ignore
openSUSE Leap 16.0 libxml2 Ignore
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 libxml2 Ignore
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP1 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP2 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 python-libxml2 Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 libxml2 Ignore
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 python-libxml2 Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.3 libxml2 Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.3 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.4 libxml2 Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.4 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.5 libxml2 Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.5 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.6 libxml2 Ignore
openSUSE Leap 15.6 rubygem-nokogiri Ignore
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 libxml2 Ignore
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 libxml2 Ignore
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 libxml2 Ignore
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 libxml2 Ignore


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CVE page created: Fri Sep 25 15:36:29 2026
CVE page last modified: Sat Sep 26 20:42:13 2026