CVE-2026-56859

A flaw was found in the encoding/xml package of Go. The DecodeElement function failed to correctly track recursion depth, which could lead to stack exhaustion. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted XML input, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected application.

An Important denial of service flaw affects applications utilizing the Go encoding/xml package. This vulnerability arises from an issue in XML decoding where a recursion depth counter fails to reset, potentially leading to stack exhaustion when processing malicious XML input.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.