CVE-2026-56406
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
libexpat before 2.8.2 has an integer overflow in XML_ParseBuffer because it lacked a check that was present in XML_Parse.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.9
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-06-21 16:16:27.870000
Last modified
2026-10-25 23:10:00.167000
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"lastModified": "2026-10-25T23:10:00.167",
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