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CVE-2021-28905

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2021-05-20 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-617

Description

In function lys_node_free() in libyang <= v1.0.225, it asserts that the value of node->module can't be NULL. But in some cases, node->module can be null, which triggers a reachable assertion (CWE-617).

Affected products

• CESNET libyang: through 1.0.225

References

• https://github.com/CESNET/libyang/issues/1452
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-54
• https://github.com/CESNET/libyang/issues/1452
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-54

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