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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45186

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

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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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45186

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Security context

Source reference: osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45186

expat

Source reference: /affected/0/package/name

Affected versions
2.5.0-1

Source reference: /affected/0/versions

2.5.0-1+deb12u1

Source reference: /affected/0/versions

2.5.0-1+deb12u2

Source reference: /affected/0/versions

2.5.0-1+deb12u3

Source reference: /affected/0/versions

Fixed versions
2.5.0-1+deb12u4

Source reference: /affected/0/ranges

Prerequisites
Not stated in this record

expat

Source reference: /affected/1/package/name

Affected versions
2.7.1-2

Source reference: /affected/1/versions

2.7.2-1

Source reference: /affected/1/versions

2.7.3-1

Source reference: /affected/1/versions

2.7.3-2

Source reference: /affected/1/versions

2.7.4-1

Source reference: /affected/1/versions

2.7.5-1

Source reference: /affected/1/versions

2.8.0-1

Source reference: /affected/1/versions

2.8.0-2

Source reference: /affected/1/versions

2.8.1-1

Source reference: /affected/1/versions

Fixed versions
2.8.2-1~deb13u1

Source reference: /affected/1/ranges

Prerequisites
Not stated in this record

expat

Source reference: /affected/2/package/name

Affected versions
2.7.1-2

Source reference: /affected/2/versions

2.7.2-1

Source reference: /affected/2/versions

2.7.3-1

Source reference: /affected/2/versions

2.7.3-2

Source reference: /affected/2/versions

2.7.4-1

Source reference: /affected/2/versions

2.7.5-1

Source reference: /affected/2/versions

2.8.0-1

Source reference: /affected/2/versions

Fixed versions
2.8.0-2

Source reference: /affected/2/ranges

Prerequisites
Not stated in this record

Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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    "ranges": [
      {
        "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
        "events": [
          {
            "introduced": "0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "2.5.0-1+deb12u4"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "package": {
      "name": "expat",
      "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/expat?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
      "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
    },
    "versions": [
      "2.5.0-1",
      "2.5.0-1+deb12u1",
      "2.5.0-1+deb12u2",
      "2.5.0-1+deb12u3"
    ],
    "database_specific": {
      "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45186.json"
    },
    "ecosystem_specific": {
      "urgency": "not yet assigned"
    }
  },
  {
    "ranges": [
      {
        "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
        "events": [
          {
            "introduced": "0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "2.8.2-1~deb13u1"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "package": {
      "name": "expat",
      "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/expat?arch=source&distro=trixie",
      "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
    },
    "versions": [
      "2.7.1-2",
      "2.7.2-1",
      "2.7.3-1",
      "2.7.3-2",
      "2.7.4-1",
      "2.7.5-1",
      "2.8.0-1",
      "2.8.0-2",
      "2.8.1-1"
    ],
    "database_specific": {
      "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45186.json"
    },
    "ecosystem_specific": {
      "urgency": "not yet assigned"
    }
  },
  {
    "ranges": [
      {
        "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
        "events": [
          {
            "introduced": "0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "2.8.0-2"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "package": {
      "name": "expat",
      "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/expat?arch=source&distro=forky",
      "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
    },
    "versions": [
      "2.7.1-2",
      "2.7.2-1",
      "2.7.3-1",
      "2.7.3-2",
      "2.7.4-1",
      "2.7.5-1",
      "2.8.0-1"
    ],
    "database_specific": {
      "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2026-45186.json"
    },
    "ecosystem_specific": {
      "urgency": "not yet assigned"
    }
  }
]

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