{"id":"CVE-2026-86141","title":"xmlregexp in libxml2 before 2.15.4 has a NULL pointer dereference in xmlRegNewParserCtxt after a strdup failure, i.e., it does not calculate a string length after NULL checking.","summary":"xmlregexp in libxml2 before 2.15.4 has a NULL pointer dereference in xmlRegNewParserCtxt after a strdup failure, i.e., it does not calculate a string length after NULL checking.","severity":"low","cvss":2.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L","cwe":["CWE-252"],"vendor":"xmlsoft","product":"libxml2","affected":["libxml2 < 2.15.4"],"patched":["libxml2 2.15.4"],"published":"2026-09-05","updated":"2026-09-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-15T19:37:41.440","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86141","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/commit/e89a8aae4c9b40cdafcf66b3f9e57c62db37bb55","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/GNOME/libxml2/compare/v2.15.3...v2.15.4","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/work_items/1107","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-86141.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-86141"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2528988"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-86141"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-86141"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:64463"}],"tags":["nvd","csaf","vex","red-hat","cve.org"],"epss":0.00116,"epssPercentile":0.01849,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2026-09-09T19:15:44.918805Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-09-06T02:48:38.816Z","slug":"CVE-2026-86141","body":"## Overview\n\nxmlregexp in libxml2 before 2.15.4 has a NULL pointer dereference in xmlRegNewParserCtxt after a strdup failure, i.e., it does not calculate a string length after NULL checking.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `libxml2 < 2.15.4`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `libxml2 2.15.4`\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **RHSA-2026:64463** · Red Hat · fixed in: Red Hat Hardened Images · released 2026-09-06 · [advisory](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:64463)","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":16,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":16,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}