Resource exhaustion in IBM Aix
CVE-2026-0992
A flaw was found in the libxml2 library. This uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability occurs when processing XML catalogs that contain repeated <nextCatalog> elements pointing to the same downstream catalog. A remote attacker can exploit this by supplying crafted catalogs, causing the parser to redundantly traverse catalog chains. This leads to excessive CPU consumption and degrades application availability, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 2.9 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (37.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 38th percentile — 37.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- IBM Aix — versions 7.3.4
- IBM Vios — versions 4.1.2.0
- Xmlsoft Libxml2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat Hardened Images — versions 2.15.2-0.3.hum1
- Red Hat Jboss Core Services
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:7519 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0992 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (issue-tracking, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/1019 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-0992?
- CVE-2026-0992 is a low-severity vulnerability in IBM Aix, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 2.9/10. Published 2026-01-15.
- How severe is CVE-2026-0992?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.9 out of 10.