CVE-2026-41080
libexpat before 2.8.0 uses insufficient entropy, and thus hash flooding can occur via a crafted XML document.
02 Description
libexpat before 2.8.0 uses insufficient entropy, and thus hash flooding can occur via a crafted XML document.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 33.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 2.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-14.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-04-16 16:52Z6 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-15 01:18Z14 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-04-16
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 2.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- CWE-331Insufficient EntropyBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 49fdcab0300569056f86fe32be94764cb1858039ecd2811a3c948797f206eb75
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1183
- github.comhttps://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/47
- www.openwall.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/26/1
- blog.hartwork.orghttps://blog.hartwork.org/posts/expat-2-8-0-released/
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/26/1
- cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- expat No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- expat Fixed in 2.8.2-1~deb13u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- expat Fixed in 2.8.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- cadaver No fix yet
- gdcm No fix yet
- insighttoolkit4 No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
- smart No fix yet
- tdom No fix yet
- wbxml2 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- cadaver No fix yet
- gdcm No fix yet
- insighttoolkit4 No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
- smart No fix yet
- tdom No fix yet
- vnc4 No fix yet
- wbxml2 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- cadaver No fix yet
- insighttoolkit4 No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
- tdom No fix yet
- wbxml2 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- cadaver No fix yet
- expat No fix yet
- insighttoolkit4 No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
- tdom No fix yet
- wbxml2 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- cadaver No fix yet
- expat Fixed in 2.6.1-2ubuntu0.5
- matanza No fix yet
- tdom No fix yet
- wbxml2 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 25.10
- cadaver No fix yet
- expat No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
- swish-e No fix yet
- tdom No fix yet
- wbxml2 No fix yet
- xmlrpc-c No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- cadaver No fix yet
- expat Fixed in 2.7.4-1ubuntu0.1
- matanza No fix yet
- tdom No fix yet
- wbxml2 No fix yet
- xmlrpc-c No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.10
- cadaver No fix yet
- matanza No fix yet
- swish-e No fix yet
- tdom No fix yet
- wbxml2 No fix yet
- xmlrpc-c No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- coin3 No fix yet
- expat Fixed in 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm12Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- vnc4 No fix yet
- vtk No fix yet
- xmlrpc-c No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- ayttm No fix yet
- cableswig No fix yet
- coin3 No fix yet
- expat Fixed in 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm12Available with Ubuntu Pro with Legacy support add-on: https://ubuntu.com/pro
- libxmltok No fix yet
- swish-e No fix yet
- vnc4 No fix yet
- vtk No fix yet
- xmlrpc-c No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- coin3 No fix yet
- expat No fix yet
- libxmltok No fix yet
- swish-e No fix yet
- xmlrpc-c No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- expat No fix yet
- libxmltok No fix yet
- swish-e No fix yet
- xmlrpc-c No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS
- libxmltok No fix yet
- swish-e No fix yet
- xmlrpc-c No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS
- libxmltok No fix yet
- swish-e No fix yet
- xmlrpc-c No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS
- swish-e No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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