CVE-2024-28757
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.5 High
- Published
- Mar 10, 2024
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2026
- Reserved
- Mar 10, 2024
Description
libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate).
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 7.5 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-776 Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/842
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/839
- FEDORA-2024-4e6e660faevendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2024-40b98c9cedvendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240322-0001/
- FEDORA-2024-afb73e6f62vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20240315 Expat 2.6.2 released, includes security fixesmailing-list
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VK2O34GH43NTHBZBN7G5Y6YKJKPUCTBE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FPLC6WDSRDUYS7F7JWAOVOHFNOUQ43DD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LKJ7V5F6LJCEQJXDBWGT27J7NAP3E3N7/
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784301.html
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