CVE-2026-0989 — Uncontrolled Recursion in Libxml2
Severity
3.7LOWNVD
OSV4.8
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.92%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJan 15
Latest updateJan 22
Description
A flaw was identified in the RelaxNG parser of libxml2 related to how external schema inclusions are handled. The parser does not enforce a limit on inclusion depth when resolving nested directives. Specially crafted or overly complex schemas can cause excessive recursion during parsing. This may lead to stack exhaustion and application crashes, creating a denial-of-service risk.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 1.4