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Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-72522, CVE-2026-76957

Type: advisorySources: OSV

* SECURITY UPDATE: out-of-bounds read and infinite loop in the *_toUtf16 converters used by the -DXML_UNICODE build (libexpatw) - debian/patches/CVE-2026-72522.patch: only treat a trailing high surrogate (0xD800-0xDBFF) as a split surrogate pair in DEFINE_UTF16_TO_UTF16(), masking with 0xFC instead of 0xF8 (libexpat PR #1296). - CVE-2026-72522 * SECURITY UPDATE: use-after-free through same-parser calls made from the application's custom encoding callbacks - debian/patches/CVE-2026-76957.patch: route the unknown-encoding convert and release callbacks through the handler call depth tracking so XML_Parse, XML_ParseBuffer, XML_GetBuffer, XML_ParserFree and XML_ParserReset are rejected from inside them (libexpat PR #1322). - CVE-2026-76957

Products
expat, libexpat1, libexpat1-dev
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+tuxcare.els13
CVEs
CVE-2026-72522, CVE-2026-76957
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 11:39 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-72522, CVE-2026-76957

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Sept 2026, 10:53 UTC

* SECURITY UPDATE: out-of-bounds read and infinite loop in the *_toUtf16 converters used by the -DXML_UNICODE build (libexpatw) - debian/patches/CVE-2026-72522.patch: only treat a trailing high surrogate (0xD800-0xDBFF) as a split surrogate pair in DEFINE_UTF16_TO_UTF16(), masking with 0xFC instead of 0xF8 (libexpat PR #1296). - CVE-2026-72522 * SECURITY UPDATE: use-after-free through same-parser calls made from the application's custom encoding callbacks - debian/patches/CVE-2026-76957.patch: route the unknown-encoding convert and release callbacks through the handler call depth tracking so XML_Parse, XML_ParseBuffer, XML_GetBuffer, XML_ParserFree and XML_ParserReset are rejected from inside them (libexpat PR #1322). - CVE-2026-76957

osv:CLSA-2026-1788864771

expat

Fixed versions: 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+tuxcare.els13

libexpat1

Fixed versions: 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+tuxcare.els13

libexpat1-dev

Fixed versions: 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+tuxcare.els13

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CLSA-2026-1788864771",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-72522, CVE-2026-76957",
    "summary": "* SECURITY UPDATE: out-of-bounds read and infinite loop in the *_toUtf16 converters used by the -DXML_UNICODE build (libexpatw) - debian/patches/CVE-2026-72522.patch: only treat a trailing high surrogate (0xD800-0xDBFF) as a split surrogate pair in DEFINE_UTF16_TO_UTF16(), masking with 0xFC instead of 0xF8 (libexpat PR #1296). - CVE-2026-72522 * SECURITY UPDATE: use-after-free through same-parser calls made from the application's custom encoding callbacks - debian/patches/CVE-2026-76957.patch: route the unknown-encoding convert and release callbacks through the handler call depth tracking so XML_Parse, XML_ParseBuffer, XML_GetBuffer, XML_ParserFree and XML_ParserReset are rejected from inside them (libexpat PR #1322). - CVE-2026-76957",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T09:32:02.114668384Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "https://errata.tuxcare.com/els_os/ubuntu16.04els/CLSA-2026-1788864771.html",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72522",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
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  "published_at": "2026-09-08T10:53:01+00:00"
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