diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libyang/libyang/CVE-2026-41401.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libyang/libyang/CVE-2026-41401.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..06537acbb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libyang/libyang/CVE-2026-41401.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+From 34b2a26ee86716e2b593c44e51e38ee15d4e8434 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Michal Vasko <mvasko@cesnet.cz>
+Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2026 08:33:44 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] parser common BUGFIX invalid metadata removal
+
+(cherry picked from commit 54c3276d871023da266d4ed3ceaee7e8d71d0b04)
+
+CVE: CVE-2026-41401
+Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/CESNET/libyang/commit/54c3276d871023da266d4ed3ceaee7e8d71d0b04]
+
+Signed-off-by: Ankur Tyagi <ankur.tyagi85@gmail.com>
+---
+ src/parser_common.c                                    | 4 ++--
+ tests/fuzz/corpus/lyd_parse_mem_xml/advisory2026_03_26 | 5 +++++
+ 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+ create mode 100644 tests/fuzz/corpus/lyd_parse_mem_xml/advisory2026_03_26
+
+diff --git a/src/parser_common.c b/src/parser_common.c
+index 0b221af72..fefe723eb 100644
+--- a/src/parser_common.c
++++ b/src/parser_common.c
+@@ -413,8 +413,8 @@ lyd_parser_set_data_flags(struct lyd_node *node, struct lyd_meta **meta, struct
+             next_meta = meta2->next;
+ 
+             /* delete the metadata */
+-            if (meta != &node->meta) {
+-                *meta = (*meta)->next;
++            if ((meta != &node->meta) && (meta2 == *meta)) {
++                *meta = next_meta;
+             }
+             lyd_free_meta_single(meta2);
+             if (prev_meta) {
+diff --git a/tests/fuzz/corpus/lyd_parse_mem_xml/advisory2026_03_26 b/tests/fuzz/corpus/lyd_parse_mem_xml/advisory2026_03_26
+new file mode 100644
+index 000000000..7e3b6c39e
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/tests/fuzz/corpus/lyd_parse_mem_xml/advisory2026_03_26
+@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
++<int32 xmlns="urn:tests:types"
++       xmlns:yang="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:yang:1"
++       xmlns:dflt="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:default:1.0"
++       yang:operation="create"
++       dflt:default="true">5</int32>
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libyang/libyang_3.13.6.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libyang/libyang_3.13.6.bb
index 822c30ba24..7724b4c218 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libyang/libyang_3.13.6.bb
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/libyang/libyang_3.13.6.bb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ SRCREV = "c2ddd01b9b810a30d6a7d6749a3bc9adeb7b01fb"
 SRC_URI = "git://github.com/CESNET/libyang.git;branch=master;protocol=https;tag=v${PV} \
            file://0001-test_context-skip-test-case-test_searchdirs.patch \
            file://run-ptest \
+           file://CVE-2026-41401.patch \
            "