CVE-2026-76957 (GCVE-0-2026-76957)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-20 04:28 – Updated: 2026-08-20 04:28
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Summary
libexpat before 2.8.4 lacks handler call depth tracking with custom encoding callbacks. Thus, a use-after-free can occur. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2026-50219, CVE-2026-56131 and CVE-2026-56412.
Severity
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
libexpat project libexpat Affected: 0 , < 2.8.4 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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