HIGH 7.5 Microsoft
CVE-2026-8177
XML::LibXML versions through 2.0210 for Perl read out-of-bounds heap memory when parsing XML node names containing truncated UTF-8 byte sequences
Microsoft Security Update 2026-May: XML::LibXML versions through 2.0210 for Perl read out-of-bounds heap memory when parsing XML node names containing truncated UTF-8 byte sequences
Affected Products
- azl3 perl-XML-LibXML 2.0209-2 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 perl-XML-LibXML 2.0209-3 on Azure Linux 3.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-8177
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8177
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5 was published on 2026-05-12 via Microsoft. Affected: azl3 perl-XML-LibXML 2.0209-2 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 perl-XML-LibXML 2.0209-3 on Azure Linux 3.0.
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