CVE-2026-56412 (GCVE-0-2026-56412)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-21 15:58 – Updated: 2026-06-22 16:31
VLAI
Summary
libexpat before 2.8.2 does not consider XML_TOK_DATA_CHARS in doCdataSection and thus lacks handler call depth tracking for various calls from within handlers in cases of a policy violation. Thus, a use-after-free can occur. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-50219.
Severity
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
libexpat project libexpat Affected: 0 , < 2.8.2 (semver)
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