Vulnerability in Libexpat Project (CVE-2026-45186)
Summary
Vulnerability in Libexpat Project (CVE-2026-45186). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-45186 has been found in Libexpat Project.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 2.9/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Libexpat Project CVE-2026-45186" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-45186 (Libexpat Project) — CWE-407 / CVSS v3 2.9
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-407) exists in Libexpat Project.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Libexpat Project.
Severity: Low (CVSS 2.9/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Libexpat Project を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Alpine Linux ALPINE-CVE-2026-45186 expat Fixed in: 2.8.1-r0
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-45186 expat Fixed in: 2.7.5-r1
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45186 expat
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-45186 coin3
References
- advisory openwall.com
- exploit cve@mitre.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com
- web access.redhat.com
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- web bugzilla.redhat.com
- web security.access.redhat.com
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web access.redhat.com