CVE-2026-86143 (GCVE-0-2026-86143)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-05 04:31 – Updated: 2026-09-08 18:06
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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
6.9 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-09-08 18:05 UTC
CWE
- CWE-192 - Integer Coercion Error
Assigner
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Impacted products
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