Source: expat Version: 2.8.1-1 Severity: important Tags: security upstream Forwarded: https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1267 X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], Debian Security Team <[email protected]>
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for expat. CVE-2026-56131[0]: | libexpat before 2.8.2 lacks handler call depth tracking for calls to | XML_ResumeParser from within handlers in cases of a policy | violation. Thus, a use-after-free can occur (similar to the | CVE-2026-50219 situation). 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-2026-56131 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-56131 [1] https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1267 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
