What is CVE-2024-34392?

CVE-2024-34392 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libxmljs Project, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2024-05-02.

How severe is CVE-2024-34392?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Libxmljs Project

CVE-2024-34392

libxmljs is vulnerable to a type confusion vulnerability when parsing a specially crafted XML while invoking the namespaces() function (which invokes _wrap__xmlNode_nsDef_get()) on a grand-child of a node that refers to an entity. This vulnerability can lead to denial of service and remote code execution.

Published 2024-05-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (65.3th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 65th percentile — 65.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Libxmljs Project

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-843 — Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion)

References

research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/libxmljs-namespaces-type-confusion-rce-jfsa-… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/libxmljs/libxmljs/issues/646 (Exploit, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-34392?: CVE-2024-34392 is a high-severity vulnerability in Libxmljs Project, classified under Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type (Type Confusion). CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2024-05-02.
How severe is CVE-2024-34392?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.