Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion') Affecting satellite/iop-host-inventory-frontend-rhel9 package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.84% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-SATELLITEIOPHOSTINVENTORYFRONTENDRHEL9-15525495
  • published13 Mar 2026
  • disclosed19 Feb 2026

Introduced: 19 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-26278  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-776  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:7 satellite/iop-host-inventory-frontend-rhel9.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream satellite/iop-host-inventory-frontend-rhel9 package and not the satellite/iop-host-inventory-frontend-rhel9 package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

fast-xml-parser allows users to validate XML, parse XML to JS object, or build XML from JS object without C/C++ based libraries and no callback. In versions 4.1.3 through 5.3.5, the XML parser can be forced to do an unlimited amount of entity expansion. With a very small XML input, it’s possible to make the parser spend seconds or even minutes processing a single request, effectively freezing the application. Version 5.3.6 fixes the issue. As a workaround, avoid using DOCTYPE parsing by processEntities: false option.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1