REDHAT-BUG-2468575: High severity Expat libexpat vulnerability

Published May 10, 2026
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Updated

In libexpat before 2.8.1, the computational complexity of attribute name collision checks allows a denial of service via moderately sized crafted XML input.

Affected Software

1 affected component
Expat libexpat<2.8.1

Event History

May 10, 2026
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·07:01 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
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