High severity · published Oct 16, 2026
CVE-2026-57486
pupnp: NULL pointer dereference in ixmlNode_compare crashes on non-namespaced attributes
7.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
pupnp is an SDK for development of UPnP device and control point applications. Prior to 2.0.2, ixmlNode_compare in ixml/src/node.c passes the nullable nodeValue, namespaceURI, prefix, and localName fields directly to strcmp. Non-namespaced attributes created by ixmlDocument_createAttribute legitimately leave those fields NULL. When ixmlElement_removeAttributeNode compares two distinct attribute objects with the same nodeName through find_condition_node, the pointer-identity shortcut does not apply and the comparison dereferences NULL, causing a process crash when application handling of attacker-controlled XML reaches this path. This issue is fixed in 2.0.2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PU
pupnp · pupnp
< 2.0.2 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-57486
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-57486
Patch
https://github.com/pupnp/pupnp/commit/4b2f775e3b98de3cfb096707bcde040c5562d9ec
Release Notes
https://github.com/pupnp/pupnp/releases/tag/release-2.0.2
Exploit
https://github.com/pupnp/pupnp/security/advisories/GHSA-q54q-vx78-v9rq
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