libxml2: Fix of CVE-2026-74860

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    "title": "libxml2: Fix of CVE-2026-74860",
    "summary": "- CVE-2026-74860: do not decref enumerated attribute value strings after adding them to the list in the Python SAX attributeDecl callback, preventing a double free",
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      "modified": "2026-10-26T09:30:56.812926087Z",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 447352,
  "published_at": "2026-10-07T11:27:54+00:00"
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