CVE-2025-66578 - robrichards/xmlseclibs has an Libxml2 Canonicalization error which can bypass Di...

CVE-2025-66578 - robrichards/xmlseclibs has an Libxml2 Canonicalization error which can bypass Di...

CVE ID : CVE-2025-66578 Published : Dec. 9, 2025, 2:41 a.m. | 1 hour, 36 minutes ago Description : xmlseclibs is a library written in PHP for working with XML Encryption and Signatures. Versions 3.1.3 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability due to a flaw in the libxml2 canonicalization process during document transformation. When libxml2’s canonicalization is invoked on an invalid XML input, it may return an empty string rather than a canonicalized node. xmlseclibs then proceeds to compute the DigestValue over this empty string, treating it as if canonicalization succeeded. This issue is fixed in version 3.1.4. Workarounds include treating canonicalization failures (exceptions or nil/empty outputs) as fatal and aborting validation, and/or adding explicit checks to reject when canonicalize returns nil/empty or raises errors. Severity: 0.0 | NA Visit the link for more details, such as CVSS details, affected products, timeline, and more...

CVE Details

Published
Dec. 9, 2025
Affected Product: PHP
Impact: authentication bypass

Source: Telegram CVE Monitor