MEDIUM 6.9 Microsoft
CVE-2026-86142
In libxml2 before 2.15.4, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in xmlXPtrEvalXPtrPart because of xmlXPtrEval xpointer length saturation.
Microsoft Security Update 2026-Sep: In libxml2 before 2.15.4, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in xmlXPtrEvalXPtrPart because of xmlXPtrEval xpointer length saturation.
Affected Products
- azl3 libxml2 2.11.5-10 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 libxml2 2.11.5-11 on Azure Linux 3.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-86142
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86142
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9 was published on 2026-09-08 via Microsoft. Affected: azl3 libxml2 2.11.5-10 on Azure Linux 3.0, azl3 libxml2 2.11.5-11 on Azure Linux 3.0.
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