CVE-2026-115506

highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.005 · 39 %ileDE
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.46% (39th) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Is it mine?
2 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
1 sources
cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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. Attackers can supply a moderately sized XML document with a large DTD and nested entity expansions to consume tens of seconds of CPU per parse.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.7
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.6–8.7

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · disclosure@vulncheck.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v4.08.7highCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · disclosure@vulncheck.com
v4.06.6mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-776USCWE-776US
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affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2026-4123expat: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Denial of ServiceDeutsch2026-10-22csaf · cert_bundDE

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

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cert_bundNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-10-22modified 2026-10-23
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references (5) nvd

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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