Security Advisory

CVE-2026-0990

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-01-15 14:20:06
Last updated 2026-08-21 12:06:49
Assigner redhat
CVSS score 5.9
State PUBLISHED

Description

A flaw was found in libxml2, an XML parsing library. This uncontrolled recursion vulnerability occurs in the xmlCatalogXMLResolveURI function when an XML catalog contains a delegate URI entry that references itself. A remote attacker could exploit this configuration-dependent issue by providing a specially crafted XML catalog, leading to infinite recursion and call stack exhaustion. This ultimately results in a segmentation fault, causing a Denial of Service (DoS) by crashing affected applications.