Echo: libxml2: security update to 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-2.1+deb13u3+e1

low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 464500

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- xmlregexp in libxml2 before 2.15.4 has a NULL pointer dereference in xmlRegNewParserCtxt after a strdup
failure, i.e., it does not calculate a string length after NULL checking. (CVE-2026-86141)

Solution

Update the libxml2 library and its related packages to version 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-2.1+deb13u3+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-86141

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 464500

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/2/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-86141

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-86141

IAVA: 2026-A-0980