NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting expat-static package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-EXPATSTATIC-15690455
  • published19 Mar 2026
  • disclosed16 Mar 2026

Introduced: 16 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-32778  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

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

NVD Description

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

libexpat before 2.7.5 allows a NULL pointer dereference in the function setContext on retry after an earlier ouf-of-memory condition.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1