WID-SEC-W-2026-4123

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expat: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of Service

view advisory published 2026-10-22

Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in expat ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen.

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CVE-2026-115506UShigh7.5—
libexpat through 2.9.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability because billion laughs protection in accountingDiffTolerated() in xmlparse.c detects entity amplification too late…
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