Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting expat package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

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EPSS
0.1% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-EXPAT-17398195
  • published22 Jun 2026
  • disclosed21 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-56409  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (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 Integer Overflow or Wraparound via the xmlwf process when the -d parameter is used to specify an output directory. An attacker can cause unintended behavior or potentially execute arbitrary code by providing a specially crafted output filename.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1