Insufficient Entropy Affecting expat package, versions [0,]
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- published22 Apr 2026
- disclosed16 Apr 2026
- creditSebastian Pipping
Introduced: 16 Apr 2026
NewCVE-2026-41080 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insufficient Entropy due to insufficient randomness in the hash seed generation process. An attacker can cause excessive CPU consumption by submitting specially crafted XML documents that trigger hash collisions.