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medium 5.3

CVE-2023-26916 json

libyang from v2.0.164 to v2.1.30 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the function lys_parse_mem at lys_parse_mem.c.

published 2023-04-03 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-30708

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

libyang from v2.0.164 to v2.1.30 was discovered to contain a NULL pointer dereference via the function lys_parse_mem at lys_parse_mem.c.

Patch / fix

  • libyang Debian 14, Debian 13 3.4.2+dfsg-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-26916

  • libyang2 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 2.1.30-2.1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-26916

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libyang CBL-Mariner 2.0 2.1.55-1

azure linux advisories AZL-25966

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2023-26916 updated cvss 5.3

libyang: NULL pointer dereference via the function lys_parse_mem at lys_parse_mem.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 libyang Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 libyang
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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