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CVE record · CVE-2026-76781

Libxml2: libxml2: null pointer dereference parsing nextcatalog without catalog attribute

CVSS 5.5 MediumEPSS 0.0016 · 4th percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: redhat) at 17 Sept 2026, 15:11 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
VendorProductVersions
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images Package name: libxml2-main https://catalog.redhat.com/software/containers/
  • unaffected 2.15.3-0.1.3.hum1 to before * rpm
Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Package name: libxml2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Package name: podman https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Package name: libxml2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: unknown
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Package name: libxml2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: unknown
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: container-tools:rhel8/podman https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: libxml2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Package name: podman https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: libxml2 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Package name: podman https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images Package name: swift-lang https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: unaffected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 Package name: podman https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: affected
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 Package name: openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/ No versions given Other versions: affected
Identifiers
CVE-2026-76781
CNA
redhat
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-476
Tags
Published
17 Sept 2026
Updated
6 Nov 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
5.5 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CNA (redhat)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0016, the 4th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 17 Sept 2026, 15:11 UTC Confirmed by the CVE List
  2. 17 Sept 2026, 16:17 UTC Confirmed by NVD

Sources

References from the CNA

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.