Out-of-bounds Read Affecting expat package, versions [,2.8.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (27th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-EXPAT-21707501
  • published25 Oct 2026
  • disclosed21 Aug 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 21 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-76641  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade expat to version 2.8.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read through the dtdCopy process. An attacker can cause memory corruption and application crash by processing specially crafted XML data that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1