{ "document": { "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "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. A node name ending in the middle of a multi byte UTF-8 sequence causes the parser to read past the end of the input string into adjacent heap memory. Any Perl process that passes attacker controlled strings to XML::LibXML's DOM node-name methods can reach this path on the default API. The likely consequence is a crash, causing denial of service.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "publisher": { "category": "other", "contact_details": "gdt@cpan.org", "name": "giterlizzi", "namespace": "https://github.com/giterlizzi/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "CPANSA-XML-LibXML-2026-8177 JSON", "url": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/giterlizzi/perl-CPANSA-CSAF/develop/csaf/white/2026/cpansa-xml-libxml-2026-8177.json" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-LibXML/commit/15652bd905a6c9dda59a81b14d4766adbbae2ea8.patch", "url": "https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-LibXML/commit/15652bd905a6c9dda59a81b14d4766adbbae2ea8.patch" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-LibXML/issues/146", "url": "https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-LibXML/issues/146" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-LibXML/pull/149", "url": "https://github.com/cpan-authors/XML-LibXML/pull/149" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/10/8", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/10/8" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/2", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/2" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "CVE-2026-8177 (NVD)", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8177" } ], "title": "XML-LibXML vulnerability", "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-05-10T00:00:00", "generator": { "engine": { "name": "CSAF Perl Toolkit", "version": "0.26" } }, "id": "CPANSA-XML-LibXML-2026-8177", "initial_release_date": "2026-05-10T00:00:00", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-05-10T00:00:00", "number": "1", "summary": "First release" } ], "status": "final", "version": "1" } }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version_range", "name": "vers:cpan/>0", "product": { "name": "XML-LibXML greater than 0", "product_id": "CSAFPID-0001", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:cpan/XML-LibXML" } } } ], "category": "product_name", "name": "XML-LibXML" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2026-8177", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-125", "name": "Out-of-bounds Read" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "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.\n\nA node name ending in the middle of a multi byte UTF-8 sequence causes the parser to read past the end of the input string into adjacent heap memory.\n\nAny Perl process that passes attacker controlled strings to XML::LibXML's DOM node-name methods can reach this path on the default API. The likely consequence is a crash, causing denial of service.", "title": "Vulnerability Description" } ], "product_status": { "known_affected": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] }, "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "baseScore": 7.5, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "CSAFPID-0001" ] } ] } ] }