Source: expat Version: 2.8.1-1 Severity: important Tags: security upstream Forwarded: https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1272 X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], Debian Security Team <[email protected]>
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for expat. CVE-2026-56132[0]: | In libexpat before 2.8.2, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in | doProlog in xmlparse.c because scaffold backing array reallocation | is mishandled when there is data-structure sharing across parsers. If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry. For further information see: [0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-56132 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-56132 [1] https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1272 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore

