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GHSA-X282-Q22W-C9HM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-20 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-20 18:30

Details

In libexpat 2.8.2 and 2.8.3 before 2.8.4, misinterpretation of getentropy's return code leads to insufficient entropy, which results in being vulnerable to hash flooding attacks, causing a denial of service via crafted XML content.

Severity

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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  "modified": "2026-08-20T18:30:48Z",
  "published": "2026-08-20T06:32:26Z",
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CVE-2026-76956 (GCVE-0-2026-76956)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-20 04:22 – Updated: 2026-08-20 17:42

Summary

Severity

5.9 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-08-20 15:05 UTC

CWE

CWE-394 - Unexpected Status Code or Return Value

Assigner

mitre mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1326
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1329

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
libexpat project	libexpat	Affected: 2.8.2 , < 2.8.4 (semver) cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat::::::::

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GHSA-X282-Q22W-C9HM

CVE-2026-76956 (GCVE-0-2026-76956)

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