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openSUSE libxml2 Moderate Threat Resource Exceeded Fix 2026-0570-1

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Calendar Grey February 18, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
The openSUSE libxml2 update addresses five vulnerabilities with six security fixes, enhancing application stability and security.
An update that solves five vulnerabilities and has six security fixes can now be installed.

Description

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2026-0990: Fixed a call stack overflow leading to application crash due

to infinite recursion in `xmlCatalogXMLResolveURI`. (bsc#1256807,

bsc#1256811)

* CVE-2026-0992: Fixed an excessive resource consumption when processing XML

catalogs due to exponential behavior. (bsc#1256809, bsc#1256812)

* CVE-2026-1757: Fixed a memory leak in the `xmllint` interactive shell.

(bsc#1257594, bsc#1257595)

* CVE-2025-10911: Fixed a use-after-free with key data stored cross-RVT.

(bsc#1250553)

* CVE-2025-8732: Fixed an infinite recursion in catalog parsing functions when

processing malformed SGML catalog files. (bsc#1247858)

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Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like

YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-570=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-570=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-570=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.38.1

* python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.38.1

* libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.38.1

* python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.38.1

* python3-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.38.1

* libxml2-devel-2.10.3-150500.5.38.1

* libxml2-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.38.1

* python311-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.38.1

* libxml2-tools-2.10.3-150500.5.38.1

* libxml2-python-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.38.1

* libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.38.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)

* libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.38.1

* libxml2-devel-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.38.1

* libxml2-2-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.38.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)

* libxml2-doc-2.10.3-150500.5.38.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64_ilp32)

* libxml2-devel-64bit-2.10.3-150500.5.38.1

* libxml2-2-64bit-2.10.3-150500.5.38.1

* libxml2-2-64bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.38.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.38.1

*...

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References

* bsc#1247850

* bsc#1247858

* bsc#1250553

* bsc#1256807

* bsc#1256808

* bsc#1256809

* bsc#1256811

* bsc#1256812

* bsc#1257593

* bsc#1257594

* bsc#1257595

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-10911.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8732.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0990.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0992.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-1757.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247850

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1247858

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1250553

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256807

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256808

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256809

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256811

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256812

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257593

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257594

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257595

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0570-1
Release Date: 2026-02-17T16:38:53Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

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