What is CVE-2026-56859?

CVE-2026-56859 is a security advisory published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) with High severity. Add recursion depth guard during decode in encoding/xml

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2026-56859 cover?

CVE-2026-56859 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-56859. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of CVE-2026-56859?

CVE-2026-56859 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5, published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Which products are affected by CVE-2026-56859?

CVE-2026-56859 affects 8 products, including: azl3 gcc 13.2.0-7 on Azure Linux 3.0; azl3 golang 1.25.12-1 on Azure Linux 3.0; azl3 golang 1.26.10-1 on Azure Linux 3.0; azl3 golang 1.26.5-2 on Azure Linux 3.0; azl3 golang 1.26.7-1 on Azure Linux 3.0; and others — see the full list on the advisory page.

CVE-2026-56859HighCVSS 7.5

Add recursion depth guard during decode in encoding/xml

Vendor

Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

Published

August 20, 2026

Last Modified

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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

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🎯 Affected products8

azl3 gcc 13.2.0-7 on Azure Linux 3.0
azl3 golang 1.25.12-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
azl3 golang 1.26.10-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
azl3 golang 1.26.5-2 on Azure Linux 3.0
azl3 golang 1.26.7-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
azl3 golang 1.27.0-1 on Azure Linux 3.0
azl3 python-tensorboard 2.16.2-6 on Azure Linux 3.0
azl3 tensorflow 2.16.1-11 on Azure Linux 3.0

✅ Remediation

Security Update KBRelease Notes (Security Update)

🔗 References (2)

advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-56859
patchhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutorial-azure-linux-upgrade