Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Aug 25, 2026· Updated Aug 25, 2026
CVE-2025-71407
CVE-2025-71407
Description
Nokogiri before 1.18.3 contains a stack buffer overflow vulnerability in libxml2 when reporting DTD validation errors with long QName prefixes, and a use-after-free vulnerability during validation against untrusted XML Schemas. Attackers can trigger these vulnerabilities by providing malicious DTD content or untrusted XSD files to cause denial of service or potential code execution.
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Affected products
1- Range: <1.18.3
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