USN-8891-1: librsvg vulnerability

Publication date

6 October 2026

Overview

librsvg could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.


Packages

  • librsvg - renderer library for SVG files

Details

It was discovered that librsvg incorrectly handled duplicate XML entity
declarations while processing SVG documents containing nested XML
inclusions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service or execute arbitrary code.

It was discovered that librsvg incorrectly handled duplicate XML entity
declarations while processing SVG documents containing nested XML
inclusions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service or execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
26.04 LTS resolute librsvg2-2 –  2.61.3+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1
24.04 LTS noble librsvg2-2 –  2.58.0+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1

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