NVD · CVE-2026-45186

CVE-2026-45186

Published: Sun, 10 May 2026 07:16

CVE-2026-45186

Summary

In libexpat before 2.8.1, the computational complexity of attribute name collision checks allows a denial of service via moderately sized crafted XML input.

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References

https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1216
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/16

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