CVE-2024-56171

HIGHNVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2025-02-19. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a use-after-free in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables and xmlSchemaBubbleIDCNodeTables in xmlschemas.c. To exploit this, a crafted XML document must be validated against an XML schema with certain identity constraints, or a crafted XML schema must be used.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8(medium)
EPSS
62.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

February 18, 2025

Last Modified

November 3, 2025

References (11)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2024-56171(20)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(25)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntupython-libxml2 (2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm7) @ trusty2026-05-30ubuntu
redhatservice-interconnect/skupper-site-controller-rhel9:1.4.8-12025-06-30redhat
redhatlibxml2-0:2.12.5-5.el10_02025-05-13redhat
redhatservice-interconnect/skupper-site-controller-rhel9:1.8.5-12025-04-17redhat
redhatnetwork-observability/network-observability-rhel9-operator:1.8-17441125012025-04-14redhat
redhatrhcos-412.86.202503310142-02025-04-10redhat
redhatrhcos-414.92.202504010153-02025-04-09redhat
redhatrhcos-416.94.202503252048-02025-04-03redhat
redhatlibxml22025-04-02redhat
redhatrhoai/odh-notebook-controller-rhel8:v2.16.2-17424872252025-03-31redhat
redhatrhcos-415.92.202503190057-02025-03-26redhat
redhatrhcos-417.94.202503172033-02025-03-26redhat
redhatrhcos-418.94.202503181639-02025-03-25redhat
redhatrhcos-413.92.202503112237-02025-03-20redhat
redhatrhosdt/opentelemetry-target-allocator-rhel8:rhosdt-3.52025-03-13redhat
redhatlibxml2-0:2.9.1-6.el7_9.92025-03-12redhat
redhatlibxml2-0:2.9.7-19.el8_102025-03-12redhat
redhatlibxml2-0:2.9.13-6.el9_5.22025-03-12redhat
redhatlibxml2-0:2.9.13-9.el9_42025-03-12redhat
redhatlibxml2-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.52025-03-11redhat
redhatlibxml2-0:2.9.7-9.el8_2.12025-03-11redhat
redhatlibxml2-0:2.9.13-1.el9_0.42025-03-10redhat
redhatlibxml2-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.72025-03-10redhat
redhatlibxml2-0:2.9.7-13.el8_6.82025-03-10redhat
redhatlibxml2-0:2.9.13-3.el9_2.62025-03-10redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(6)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 44× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  51. 2026-05-30 11:33 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-05-30 11:33 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-05-30 11:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-05-29 19:50 UTCOSV refresh
  55. 2026-05-29 13:43 UTCEPSS rescore

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2024-56171?
CVE-2024-56171 is a high vulnerability published on February 18, 2025. libxml2 before 2.12.10 and 2.13.x before 2.13.6 has a use-after-free in xmlSchemaIDCFillNodeTables and xmlSchemaBubbleIDCNodeTables in xmlschemas.c. To exploit this, a crafted XML document must be validated against an XML schema with certain identity constraints, or a crafted XML schema must be…
When was CVE-2024-56171 disclosed?
CVE-2024-56171 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on February 18, 2025, with the most recent update on November 3, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2024-56171 actively exploited?
CVE-2024-56171 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 62.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2024-56171?
CVE-2024-56171 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2024-56171?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2024-56171, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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