CVE-2026-76641
ADVISORY - nistSummary
Expat through 2.8.3 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that allows attackers to trigger memory corruption by processing XML with external entity parsers created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate. A struct size mismatch between ELEMENT_TYPE members causes storeAtts to read the attIndex member past allocated memory boundaries, resulting in failure to normalize whitespace in non-CDATA attributes or a wild pointer dereference causing a segfault. This vulnerability was introduced by the fix for CVE-2026-66046.
Alpine
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UPDATED
ADVISORY IDCVE-2026-76641
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
-
EXPLOITS FOUND
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COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
| Package | Type | OS Name | OS Version | Affected Ranges | Fix Versions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| alpine/expat | apk | alpine | 3.24 | <2.8.4-r0 | 2.8.4-r0 |
| alpine/expat | apk | alpine | 3.22 | <2.8.4-r0 | 2.8.4-r0 |
| alpine/expat | apk | alpine | 3.23 | <2.8.4-r0 | 2.8.4-r0 |
| alpine/expat | apk | alpine | edge | <2.8.4-r0 | 2.8.4-r0 |
Severity and metrics
No CVSS data available from this advisory.
NIST
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UPDATED
ADVISORY IDCVE-2026-76641
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
3.9
EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)
CVSS SCORE
8.7highDebian
CREATED
UPDATED
ADVISORY IDCVE-2026-76641
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
-
EXPLOITS FOUND
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COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-
CVSS SCORE
N/AlowUbuntu
CREATED
UPDATED
ADVISORY IDCVE-2026-76641
EXPLOITABILITY SCORE
-
EXPLOITS FOUND
-
COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-