CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-56409

MediumCVSS 6.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.10%

1th percentile — higher than 1% of all known CVEs

Summary

In libexpat before version 2.8.2, there is an integer overflow for the output filename when the -d outputDir option is used.

Risk Assessment

The integer overflow may lead to unexpected application behavior, potentially resulting in data loss or unauthorized code execution.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the libexpat library to version 2.8.2 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

xmlwf in libexpat before 2.8.2 has an integer overflow for the output filename when -d outputDir is used.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS