Libxslt Library Unmaintained with Multiple Unfixed Security Vulnerabilities
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Summary
Libxslt, a widely used XML transformation library, is currently unmaintained and has multiple unfixed security vulnerabilities. Two of the three known security issues have been disclosed, including CVE-2025-7424 which involves type confusion in xmlNode.psvi between stylesheet and source nodes. The project lacks active maintenance despite being a critical dependency for many systems.
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2 of the 3 have now been disclosed: (CVE-2025-7424) libxslt: Type confusion in xmlNode.psvi between stylesheet and source nodes
users of libxml2 may also be using its sibling project, libxslt
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