Description
A flaw was found in libmodulemd. When parsing module metadata, the xmd field is converted into nested GVariant values through recursive YAML mapping and sequence helpers without a recursion-depth or node-count limit. An attacker who can supply crafted modulemd YAML with deeply nested xmd content can cause stack exhaustion or excessive resource consumption, resulting in a denial of service.
Published: 2026-10-21
Score: 6.2 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Remediation

Vendor Workaround

Until a fix is available, avoid parsing untrusted modulemd documents that may contain attacker-controlled xmd data. If such input must be accepted, reject unusually deep or large xmd structures before handing them to libmodulemd, and isolate parsing in a process with strict stack, CPU, and memory limits.

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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 12:30:00 +0000

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threat_severity

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Wed, 21 Oct 2026 03:45:00 +0000

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Description A flaw was found in libmodulemd. When parsing module metadata, the xmd field is converted into nested GVariant values through recursive YAML mapping and sequence helpers without a recursion-depth or node-count limit. An attacker who can supply crafted modulemd YAML with deeply nested xmd content can cause stack exhaustion or excessive resource consumption, resulting in a denial of service.
Title Libmodulemd: libmodulemd: unbounded recursion when parsing nested xmd yaml
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Redhat openshift
Weaknesses CWE-674
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Redhat openshift
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


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Redhat Enterprise Linux Hummingbird Openshift
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-21T03:23:10.559Z

Reserved: 2026-09-16T20:30:35.109Z

Link: CVE-2026-92822

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-21T04:18:11.980

Modified: 2026-10-21T04:18:11.980

Link: CVE-2026-92822

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-10-21T03:03:49Z

Links: CVE-2026-92822 - Bugzilla

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