NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting expat package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-EXPAT-15689989
  • published19 Mar 2026
  • disclosed16 Mar 2026

Introduced: 16 Mar 2026

CVE-2026-32776  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:8 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:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

libexpat before 2.7.5 allows a NULL pointer dereference with empty external parameter entity content.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1