Improper Update of Reference Count Affecting expat package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-EXPAT-17238552
  • published8 Jun 2026
  • disclosed4 Jun 2026

Introduced: 4 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-50219  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-911  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 expat.

NVD Description

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

libexpat before 2.8.2 lacks handler call depth tracking for calls to XML_GetBuffer, XML_Parse, XML_ParseBuffer, XML_ParserFree, or XML_ParserReset from within handlers in cases of a policy violation. Thus, a use-after-free can occur,

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1