Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity Affecting expat package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-EXPAT-16624537
  • published10 May 2026
  • disclosed10 May 2026
  • creditNick Wellnhofer

Introduced: 10 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-45186  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-407  (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 Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity due to the computational complexity of attribute name collision checks in XML parsing. An attacker can cause excessive resource consumption by providing specially crafted XML input.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1