NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting expat-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-EXPATDEVEL-15130232
  • published28 Jan 2026
  • disclosed23 Jan 2026

Introduced: 23 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-24515  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 expat-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream expat-devel package and not the expat-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In libexpat before 2.7.4, XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate does not copy unknown encoding handler user data.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1