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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD3.7 Low

CVE-2026-0989

Libxml2: unbounded relaxng include recursion leading to stack overflow

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 <include> 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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images

Default version status: affected

  • 2.15.2-0.3.hum1 to < *unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat JBoss Core Services

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Default version status: affected

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