Vulnerabilities > CVE-2023-52426 - XML Entity Expansion vulnerability in Libexpat Project Libexpat
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
libexpat through 2.5.0 allows recursive XML Entity Expansion if XML_DTD is undefined at compile time.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/777
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/0f075ec8ecb5e43f8fdca5182f8cca4703da0404
- https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/776.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNRIHC7DVVRAIWFRGV23Y6UZXFBXSQDB/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNUBSGZFEZOBHJFTAD42SAN4ATW2VEMV/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0005/