# CVE-2026-88385: Mini-XML 4.0.5 contains a memory leak vulnerability in mxml\_load\_data() during malformed XML parsing.

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-24 · Updated: 2026-10-06

## Affected

No affected packages have been listed by the sources.

## Description

Mini-XML 4.0.5 contains a memory leak vulnerability in mxml_load_data() during malformed XML parsing. Specially crafted XML input can cause text nodes allocated by mxmlNewText() to become unlinked before a parse error transfers control to the cleanup path. These orphaned nodes are not released, resulting in a persistent memory leak on each parsing attempt. Repeated attacker-controlled requests can cause cumulative memory exhaustion and denial of service.

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## References

- https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/issues/356
- https://github.com/michaelrsweet/mxml/commit/83ef80ae3c5413b73f501edb59ee74e31ce399d0

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