# CVE-2026-29079: Type Confusion in Lexbor Fragment Parser

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.7.0
- Published: 2026-03-13 · Updated: 2026-03-16

## Affected

- lexbor: fixed in 2.7.0

## Description

Lexbor is a web browser engine library. Prior to 2.7.0, a type‑confusion vulnerability exists in Lexbor’s HTML fragment parser. When ns = UNDEF, a comment is created using the “unknown element” constructor. The comment’s data are written into the element’s fields via an unsafe cast, corrupting the qualified_name field. That corrupted value is later used as a pointer and dereferenced near the zero page. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.7.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on lexbor, upgrade to a fixed version (2.7.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/lexbor/lexbor/security/advisories/GHSA-mrpr-v36q-2vp8

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