Insufficient Entropy Affecting compat-expat1 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

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EPSS
0.38% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-COMPATEXPAT1-16098398
  • published17 Apr 2026
  • disclosed16 Apr 2026

Introduced: 16 Apr 2026

CVE-2026-41080  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-331  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 compat-expat1.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream compat-expat1 package and not the compat-expat1 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

libexpat before 2.8.0 uses insufficient entropy, and thus hash flooding can occur via a crafted XML document.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1