CriticalFix available
libxml-bare-perl — security advisory
XML::Bare versions through 0.53 for Perl have an unbounded character lookahead. The parserc_parse function attempts to check for multicharacter strings such as "" without checking that the offsets are within the buffer. Truncated strings such as "
- Products
- libxml-bare-perl
- Affected versions
- 0.53-2, 0.53-3, 0.53-4, 0.53-5
- Fixed versions
- 0.53-5
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-57074
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 09:52 UTC · Revision 2
Source evidence
XML::Bare versions through 0.53 for Perl have an unbounded character lookahead. The parserc_parse function attempts to check for multicharacter strings such as "" without checking that the offsets are within the buffer. Truncated strings such as "
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-57074
libxml-bare-perl
Fixed versions: Not specified
libxml-bare-perl
Fixed versions: Not specified
libxml-bare-perl
Fixed versions: 0.53-5
Complete source record
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