# CVE-2026-57486: pupnp: NULL pointer dereference in ixmlNode\_compare crashes on non-namespaced attributes

- Also known as: GHSA-Q54Q-VX78-V9RQ
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.0.2
- Published: 2026-10-16 · Updated: 2026-10-16

## Affected

- pupnp: fixed in 2.0.2

## Description

pupnp is an SDK for development of UPnP device and control point applications. Prior to 2.0.2, ixmlNode_compare in ixml/src/node.c passes the nullable nodeValue, namespaceURI, prefix, and localName fields directly to strcmp. Non-namespaced attributes created by ixmlDocument_createAttribute legitimately leave those fields NULL. When ixmlElement_removeAttributeNode compares two distinct attribute objects with the same nodeName through find_condition_node, the pointer-identity shortcut does not apply and the comparison dereferences NULL, causing a process crash when application handling of attacker-controlled XML reaches this path. This issue is fixed in 2.0.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pupnp, upgrade to a fixed version (2.0.2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/pupnp/pupnp/security/advisories/GHSA-q54q-vx78-v9rq
- https://github.com/pupnp/pupnp/commit/4b2f775e3b98de3cfb096707bcde040c5562d9ec
- https://github.com/pupnp/pupnp/releases/tag/release-2.0.2

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