CVE-2026-45186
LOWCVSS v3.1: 2.9 · EPSS: 0.0031 (22.8 percentile)
Source data as of:
At a glance
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS
- 2.9 v3.1 · NVD
- EPSS
- 0.0031 (22.8 percentile) · FIRST.org
- CISA KEV
- No
- Attack conditions (CVSS vector)
- No privilegesNo user interaction · Source: NVD Vector
- Affected vendors
- libexpat_project
- Published
- 2026-05-10 · Modified: 2026-06-30
- References
- Jump to references (8)
CVSS / EPSS / KEV
Source — CVSS: NVD · EPSS: FIRST.org · KEV: CISA. Data & Sources
Description
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.
References
Reference URLs as listed by NVD, grouped by a mechanical match on the link's host/pattern. Labels describe the link type only.
- Reference https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1216
- Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/16
- Distro https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22715
- Distro https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22721
- Distro https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23230
- Distro https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26319
- Distro https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27201
- Distro https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29197