Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-56131
* SECURITY UPDATE: use-after-free through handler re-entrancy - debian/patches/CVE-2026-56131.patch: track the handler call depth at every handler call site, including the ones reached through a CDATA section, and reject XML_ResumeParser, XML_Parse, XML_ParseBuffer, XML_GetBuffer, XML_ParserFree and XML_ParserReset while a handler is on the stack (libexpat PR #1246, PR #1267 and PR #1278). - CVE-2026-56131
- Products
- expat, libexpat1, libexpat1-dev
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+tuxcare.els12
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-56131
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 11:39 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
* SECURITY UPDATE: use-after-free through handler re-entrancy - debian/patches/CVE-2026-56131.patch: track the handler call depth at every handler call site, including the ones reached through a CDATA section, and reject XML_ResumeParser, XML_Parse, XML_ParseBuffer, XML_GetBuffer, XML_ParserFree and XML_ParserReset while a handler is on the stack (libexpat PR #1246, PR #1267 and PR #1278). - CVE-2026-56131
osv:CLSA-2026-1786109033
expat
Fixed versions: 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+tuxcare.els12
libexpat1
Fixed versions: 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+tuxcare.els12
libexpat1-dev
Fixed versions: 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+tuxcare.els12
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CLSA-2026-1786109033",
"method": "structured",
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"title": "Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-56131",
"summary": "* SECURITY UPDATE: use-after-free through handler re-entrancy - debian/patches/CVE-2026-56131.patch: track the handler call depth at every handler call site, including the ones reached through a CDATA section, and reject XML_ResumeParser, XML_Parse, XML_ParseBuffer, XML_GetBuffer, XML_ParserFree and XML_ParserReset while a handler is on the stack (libexpat PR #1246, PR #1267 and PR #1278). - CVE-2026-56131",
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"modified": "2026-10-26T09:32:01.818854844Z",
"provider": "osv",
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"references": [
"https://errata.tuxcare.com/els_os/ubuntu16.04els/CLSA-2026-1786109033.html",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-56131"
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"security_relevant": true,
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},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 449405,
"published_at": "2026-08-07T13:24:04+00:00"
}