CVE-2026-117610
5.9 MEDIUMpublic exploit availablePublished 2026-10-28 · Updated 2026-10-28
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NVD description
libexpat through 2.9.0 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in externalEntityInitProcessor2() in lib/xmlparse.c that mishandles the XML_TOK_NONE token from empty input. Attackers who control stream chunking can force an empty non-final first parse on an external entity subparser, causing a later parse to crash the application.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-476
Public exploit & PoC references
All references
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/a76b1174c1ea52abb639a4c69d52b630a8a106a2/expat/lib/xmlparse.c#L3468-L3510
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/7b0d50e4b1d16fafd55876260701e04279a7489d
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1444
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libexpat-through-2.9.0-null-pointer-dereference-via-external-entity-subparser
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