diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.12.10.bb b/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.12.10.bb
index 28ae601118..581f38197f 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.12.10.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/libxml/libxml2_2.12.10.bb
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ CVE_STATUS[CVE-2023-45322] = "disputed: issue requires memory allocation to fail
 # https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/958
 CVE_STATUS[CVE-2025-8732] = "disputed: the code maintainer explains, that the issue can only be triggered with untrusted SGML catalogs and it makes absolutely no sense to use untrusted catalogs. The issue triggers a crash if an invalid file is provided.  https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/issues/958"
 
+#The codebase contains an older iteration of the guard clause if (!(len > 0)) return(NULL); which inherently mitigates the len == 0 attack vector described in CVE-2026-86139.
+CVE_STATUS[CVE-2026-86139] = "fixed-version: Length guard safety logic natively present in version 2.12.10 protects against zero-length integer overflows."
+
 BINCONFIG = "${bindir}/xml2-config"
 
 PACKAGECONFIG ??= "python \