CVE-2026-86143

Public on 2026-09-05
Modified on 2026-09-08
Description
In xmlIO in libxml2 before 2.15.4, an inconsistency in xmlOutputWriteCallback and xmlBufUse causes negative lengths to reach write callbacks, aka a lack of a check for integer overflow before calling writecallback. This has security relevance for many types of uses of that length value within a callback.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.9
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core libxml2 2026-09-28 ALAS2-2026-3940 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2023 libxml2 2026-09-29 ALAS2023-2026-3122 Fixed
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview libxml2 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Core pentaho-libxml Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD CVSSv3 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L