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CVE-2026-86140 (GCVE-0-2026-86140)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-05 04:26 – Updated: 2026-09-05 04:26
VLAI
Summary
In libxml2 before 2.15.4, xmlSnprintfElements in valid.c has a strcat stack-based buffer overflow.
CWE
  • CWE-121 - Stack-based Buffer Overflow
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
xmlsoft libxml2 Affected: 0 , < 2.15.4 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:xmlsoft:libxml2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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