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CVE-2026-55862GHSA-25cx-xv8x-j247

pupnp: Incomplete fix for CVE-2021-28302: recursive DOM functions cause stack overflow

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CVSS
6.5Medium
ExploitationPublic exploit codeCISA's assessment says proof of concept code is public, assessed 16 Oct 2026. Not in the KEV catalogCISA via CVE List
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.38%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed inNone listedNo source names a fixed version. Check the vendor advisory below
Published16 Oct 2026Updated 16 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

No source in this snapshot names a fixed version. The vendor advisories under References are the place to check.

Description

pupnp is an SDK for development of UPnP device and control point applications. Prior to 2.0.0, multiple ixml DOM traversal functions process deeply nested XML with unbounded recursion. The iterative XML parser accepts the document, but ixmlPrintDomTreeRecursive in ixml/src/ixml.c and ixmlNode_getElementsByTagNameRecursive, ixmlNode_getElementsByTagNameNSRecursive, ixmlNode_cloneNodeTreeRecursive, and ixmlNode_isAncestor in ixml/src/node.c recurse over firstChild and nextSibling links. An unauthenticated peer on the local network can supply deeply nested XML through a SOAP request, exhaust a service thread's stack, and crash the UPnP service. This is an incomplete-fix case for CVE-2021-28302 because its remediation converted ixmlNode_free but left these traversal paths recursive. This issue is fixed in 2.0.0.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 1

  • pupnpaffected: < 2.0.0CVE List

References 3