CVE-2026-41080 (GCVE-0-2026-41080)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-16 16:52
Modified
2026-05-18 20:22
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-331 - Insufficient Entropy
Summary
libexpat before 2.8.0 uses insufficient entropy, and thus hash flooding can occur via a crafted XML document.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| libexpat project | libexpat |
Version: 0 ≤ |
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Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date |
|---|
Nomenclature
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- Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
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- Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
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