CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-45186
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2026-05-10
- Last modified
- 2026-09-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 2.9 LOW — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c)
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-407
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.
Affected configurations
• libexpat project libexpat (< 2.8.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-407 Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity weakness
References
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1216 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/16 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22715 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22721 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23230 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26319 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27201 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29197 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58981 access.redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45186 access.redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2468575 bugzilla.redhat.com
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html cert-portal.siemens.com
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-45186.json security.access.redhat.com