Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity Affecting libexpat package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (2nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBEXPAT-14147553
  • published28 Nov 2025
  • disclosed28 Nov 2025
  • creditSebastian Pipping

Introduced: 28 Nov 2025

NewCVE-2025-66382  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-407  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for libexpat.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity through the processing of a specially crafted file of approximately 2 MiB in size. An attacker can cause significant delays in processing by submitting such a file.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1