CVE-2026-45186
In libexpat before 2.8.1, the computational complexity of attribute name collision checks allows a denial of service via moderately sized crafted XML input.
- Score
- CVSS 3.1 7.5 High
- Status
- Modified - cve@mitre.org
- Published
- 2026-05-10
- Last modified
- 2026-10-15
- Weaknesses
- CWE-407
Affected products
- Libexpat (Libexpat Project)
- Discovery (Redhat)
- Enterprise Linux (Redhat)
- Jboss Core Services (Redhat)
- Rhui (Redhat)
- Simatic S7-1500 Cpu 1518-4 Pndp Mfp (Siemens)
- Simatic S7-1500 Cpu 1518f-4 Pndp Mfp (Siemens)
- Siplus S7-1500 Cpu 1518-4 Pndp Mfp (Siemens)
References
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1216
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/16
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22715
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22721
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23230
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26319
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27201
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29197
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:58981
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45186
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2468575
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-45186.json
