Infinite loop Affecting expat package, versions [,2.7.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-EXPAT-15670072
  • published16 Mar 2026
  • disclosed16 Mar 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 16 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-32777  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade expat to version 2.7.5 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Infinite loop in the DTD parsing process. An attacker can cause the application to enter an infinite loop by providing specially crafted DTD content.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1