CVE-2026-115327 (GCVE-0-2026-115327)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-22 10:57
Modified
2026-10-22 10:57
CWE
  • CWE-824 - Access of Uninitialized Pointer
Summary
libyang through 6.4.13 contains an uninitialized pointer free vulnerability in lydxml_env_netconf_rpc() in src/parser_xml.c when parsing NETCONF rpc action envelopes. Peers with a NETCONF session can send an action element containing non-whitespace text via lyd_parse_op() to crash servers like netopeer2 or corrupt the heap.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
CESNET libyang Version: 0   ≤ 6.4.13
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