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CVE-2026-6732VulnerabilityPublished Updated

libxml2. This vulnerability occurs · Type Confusion

Source GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-6732· Medium 6.5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium : update Red Hat Hardened Images when convenient.

Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 00:27 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 23 Apr 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Hardened Imageslibxml2-mainAffected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10libxml2Affected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6libxml2Affected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7libxml2Affected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8libxml2Affected–Fixed in–
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9libxml2Affected–Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released a security update for libxml2 in their Hardened Images RPMs (version 2.15.3-0.1.hum1) that addresses this vulnerability. Users should apply this update promptly to remediate the issue. No other mitigations or workarounds are specified by the vendor.

Description

A vulnerability in libxml2 allows denial of service when processing specially crafted XML Schema Definition (XSD) validated documents containing internal entity references. This causes a type confusion error leading to application crashes. The flaw was introduced in libxml2 version 2.13.0 and affects Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs. A security update is available from Red Hat to address this issue.

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