CVE-2026-0990EPSS p53.0%
CVE-2026-0990CVE-2026-0990
redhat / hardened_images
Description
A flaw was found in libxml2, an XML parsing library. This uncontrolled recursion vulnerability occurs in the xmlCatalogXMLResolveURI function when an XML catalog contains a delegate URI entry that references itself. A remote attacker could exploit this configuration-dependent issue by providing a specially crafted XML catalog, leading to infinite recursion and call stack exhaustion. This ultimately results in a segmentation fault, causing a Denial of Service (DoS) by crashing affected applications.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.9 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.79% probability of exploitation · percentile 53.0% · 2026-08-13T12:03:51Z |
| Last modified | 2026-06-30 |