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{"created": "2026-09-26T03:00:03.510226+00:00", "title": "Persistent Memory Leak in Mini-XML 4.0.5 During XML Parsing", "updated": "2026-09-26T03:00:03.510233+00:00", "vendors": [], "weaknesses": ["CWE-401"]}