SUSE-SU-2026:20372-1
Vulnerability from csaf_suse - Published: 2026-02-16 08:19 - Updated: 2026-02-16 08:19Summary
Security update for libxml2
Notes
Title of the patch
Security update for libxml2
Description of the patch
This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:
- CVE-2026-0989: Fixed call stack exhaustion leading to application crash
due to RelaxNG parser not limiting the recursion depth when
resolving `<include>` directives (bsc#1256805).
Patchnames
SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-392
Terms of use
CSAF 2.0 data is provided by SUSE under the Creative Commons License 4.0 with Attribution (CC-BY-4.0).
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Nomenclature
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