CVE-2026-124317

{
  "id": "CVE-2026-124317",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-11-07T15:17:16.080",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-07T15:17:16.220",
  "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "libexpat through 2.10.0 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in unknown_toUtf8() and unknown_toUtf16() in xmltok.c when handling application-registered unknown encodings. Attackers can supply a document ending in a truncated multibyte sequence so the convert callback reads past the parse buffer, leaking adjacent memory or crashing applications."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "libexpat",
          "product": "libexpat",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "repo": "https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat",
          "packageURL": "pkg:github/libexpat/libexpat",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "2.10.0",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
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      {
        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Secondary",
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          "version": "4.0",
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          "baseScore": 6.3,
          "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "attackComplexity": "HIGH",
          "attackRequirements": "PRESENT",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vulnConfidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "vulnIntegrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vulnAvailabilityImpact": "LOW",
          "subConfidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "subIntegrityImpact": "NONE",
          "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "exploitMaturity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "confidentialityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "integrityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "availabilityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackComplexity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackRequirements": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedPrivilegesRequired": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedUserInteraction": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED"
        }
      }
    ],
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "source": "[email protected]",
        "type": "Primary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L",
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          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "LOW"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 2.2,
        "impactScore": 2.5
      }
    ]
  },
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
      "type": "Primary",
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-126"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/a70841d9ffa64ddde29ab824ed6305035ebe4c47/expat/lib/xmltok.c#L1274-L1322",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1492",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libexpat-through-2.10.0-out-of-bounds-read-via-unknown-toutf8-and-unknown-toutf16",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
  ]
}