Use After Free Affecting libexpat-devel package, versions <2.8.5-150400.3.40.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.46% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-LIBEXPATDEVEL-20876429
  • published13 Oct 2026
  • disclosed12 Oct 2026

Introduced: 12 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2022-43680  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 libexpat-devel to version 2.8.5-150400.3.40.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libexpat-devel package and not the libexpat-devel package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 relevant fixed versions and status.

In libexpat through 2.4.9, there is a use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate in out-of-memory situations.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1