Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion') Affecting libxmltok package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.39% (32nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LIBXMLTOK-10263453
  • published30 May 2025
  • disclosed4 Feb 2024

Introduced: 4 Feb 2024

CVE-2023-52426  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-776  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:11 libxmltok.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxmltok package and not the libxmltok package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

libexpat through 2.5.0 allows recursive XML Entity Expansion if XML_DTD is undefined at compile time.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1