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    CVE-2026-76641

    Expat through 2.8.3 contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that allows attackers to trigger memory corruption by processing XML with external entity parsers created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate. A struct size mismatch between ELEMENT_TYPE members causes storeAtts to read the attIndex member past allocated memory boundaries, resulting in failure to normalize whitespace in non-CDATA attributes or a wild pointer dereference causing a segfault. This vulnerability was introduced by the fix for CVE-2026-66046.

    Published:Aug 20, 2026
    Last Modified:Aug 21, 2026
    EPS:Aug 20, 2026
    EPSS Score:0.00339
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Libexpat
    Product
    Expat

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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    User Interaction
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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