CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-76956

7.5 HIGH Published 2026-08-20 Modified 2026-09-08 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-08-20
Last modified
2026-09-08
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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
Weaknesses
CWE-394

Description

In libexpat 2.8.2 and 2.8.3 before 2.8.4, misinterpretation of getentropy's return code leads to insufficient entropy, which results in being vulnerable to hash flooding attacks, causing a denial of service via crafted XML content.

Affected configurations

• libexpat project libexpat (>= 2.8.2 < 2.8.4)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-394 Unexpected Status Code or Return Value weakness

References