Source: expat Version: 2.9.0-1 X-Debbugs-CC: [email protected] Severity: important Tags: security upstream Forwarded: https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1433 Control: found -1 2.9.0-1~deb13u1
Hi, The following vulnerability was published for expat. CVE-2026-115506[0]: | libexpat through 2.9.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability | because billion laughs protection in accountingDiffTolerated() in | xmlparse.c detects entity amplification too late. Attackers can | supply a moderately sized XML document with a large DTD and nested | entity expansions to consume tens of seconds of CPU per parse. 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-2026-115506 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-115506 [1] https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1433 Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed. Regards, Salvatore
