From 3cfe22475244cc1e924b6fd189234c130d6c5914 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Nikias Bassen
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2026 12:29:06 +0100
Subject: xplist: accept a self-closing <key/> as an empty key

---
 src/xplist.c               | 11 +++++++++++
 test/data/empty_keys.plist |  5 +++++
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/xplist.c b/src/xplist.c
index adf3f40..92ca15d 100644
--- a/src/xplist.c
+++ b/src/xplist.c
@@ -1405,6 +1405,17 @@ static plist_err_t node_from_xml(parse_ctx ctx, plist_t *plist)
                         data->length = length;
                     }
                 } else {
+                    if (!strcmp(tag, XPLIST_KEY) && !keyname && parent && (plist_get_node_type(parent) == PLIST_DICT)) {
+                        keyname = strdup("");
+                        if (!keyname) {
+                            PLIST_XML_ERR("failed to allocate key name\n");
+                            ctx->err = PLIST_ERR_NO_MEM;
+                            goto err_out;
+                        }
+                        plist_free(subnode);
+                        subnode = NULL;
+                        continue;
+                    }
                     data->strval = strdup("");
                     data->length = 0;
                 }
diff --git a/test/data/empty_keys.plist b/test/data/empty_keys.plist
index a0107b4..bbc8ee4 100644
--- a/test/data/empty_keys.plist
+++ b/test/data/empty_keys.plist
@@ -4,5 +4,10 @@
     <string>empty key</string>
     <key><!-- comment --></key>
     <string>empty key with comment</string>
+    <key>self-closing</key>
+    <dict>
+        <key/>
+        <string>self-closing empty key</string>
+    </dict>
 </dict>
 </plist>
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