UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6653

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-6653
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6653.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6653
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-6653
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-06-22T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-06-24T11:00:30.839929321Z
Severity
  • 7.0 (High) CVSS_V4 - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Use After Free in libxml2's xmlParseInternalSubset from GNOME libxml2 version 2.9.11 to 2.11.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service via maliciously crafted XML input with improper entity resolution handling.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12

Affected versions

2.*
2.9.12+dfsg-4
2.9.12+dfsg-5
2.9.12+dfsg-6
2.9.13+dfsg-1
2.9.13+dfsg-1build1
2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.2
2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.3
2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.4
2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.5
2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.6
2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.7
2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.8
2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.9
2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.10
2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12",
            "binary_name": "libxml2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12",
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.12",
            "binary_name": "python3-libxml2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6653.json"

Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxml2?arch=source&distro=noble

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.8

Affected versions

2.*
2.9.14+dfsg-1.3
2.9.14+dfsg-1.3build1
2.9.14+dfsg-1.3build2
2.9.14+dfsg-1.3build3
2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu1
2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu2
2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3
2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.1
2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.2
2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.3
2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.4
2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.5
2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.6
2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.7

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.8",
            "binary_name": "libxml2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.8",
            "binary_name": "libxml2-utils"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.8",
            "binary_name": "python3-libxml2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2026/UBUNTU-CVE-2026-6653.json"