CVE-2026-115506

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 39.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.7 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-23.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-10-22 19:14Z6 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-10-23 21:06Z5 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-10-22

Assigning CNA

VulnCheck

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.7)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-776Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

953aee7ee7d91d1c5c53696a547a5ba431c8557fa94360f66b68dfc8319c04d8

• github.comhttps://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1433patchissue-tracking
• github.comhttps://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/1160issue-tracking
• github.comhttps://github.com/hannob/lolololexploit
• github.comhttps://github.com/libexpat/libexpatproduct
• www.vulncheck.comVulnCheck Advisory: libexpat through 2.9.0 Denial of Service via Billion Laughs Detection Delayhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libexpat-through-2.9.0-denial-of-service-via-billion-laughs-detection-delaythird-party-advisory