---
title: "CVE-2026-96889: librsvg - Use After Free"
description: "librsvg contains a use-after-free vulnerability caused by incorrect freeing of XML entities during processing of nested XML inclusions with duplicate entity declarations, letting attackers cause denial of service or remote code execution, exploit requires crafted SVG document."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-96889/
---

# CVE-2026-96889 librsvg - Use After Free

librsvg contains a use-after-free vulnerability caused by incorrect freeing of XML entities during processing of nested XML inclusions with duplicate entity declarations, letting attackers cause denial of service or remote code execution, exploit requires crafted SVG document.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

Proof of concept available

Authentication

Not required

EPSS

0.15% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96889)

## Details

Type

Use After Free

Impact

Denial Of Service, Remote Code Execution

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

23 September 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-416](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/416.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version of librsvg.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96889](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96889)
- [https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/work\_items/1241](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/work_items/1241)
- [https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0305.html](https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0305.html)
- [https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96889](https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-96889)
- [https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show\_bug.cgi?id=2539279](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2539279)
- [https://crates.io/crates/librsvg](https://crates.io/crates/librsvg)

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