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CVE-2026-76956

Published: 8/20/2026 Last updated: 8/20/2026 Reserved: 8/20/2026

In libexpat 2.8.2 and 2.8.3 before 2.8.4, misinterpretation of getentropy's return code leads to insufficient entropy, which results in being vulnerable to hash flooding attacks, causing a denial of service via crafted XML content.

CNA assigner: mitre (8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca) Requested by: n/a

Metrics

Version Score Severity Vector String
3.1 5.9 Medium CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Opam packages affected (4)

conf-expat conf-gtk2 conf-gtk3 ocaml-expat

Products affected (0)

No product listed.

References (2)