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[DSA 6566-1] expat security update

Type: patchSources: Debian DSA

Several Expat vulnerabilities could cause denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution when processing malformed XML. The issues are fixed for Debian stable (trixie) in expat 2.9.0-1~deb13u1.

Products
expat
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
2.9.0-1~deb13u1
CVEs
CVE-2026-102633, CVE-2026-66046, CVE-2026-76956, CVE-2026-76957, CVE-2026-77214, CVE-2026-93990
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 10:11 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

[DSA 6566-1] expat security update

official-debian-dsa · Original source

Published 16 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC

Several Expat vulnerabilities could cause denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution when processing malformed XML. The issues are fixed for Debian stable (trixie) in expat 2.9.0-1~deb13u1.

For the stable distribution (trixie), these problems have been fixed in version 2.9.0-1~deb13u1.

expat

Fixed versions: 2.9.0-1~deb13u1

Complete source record
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  "id": "5dd28ae700ae9b1f2d5c23826dca1e29df3e503a0bf3235f23fa4737fc94face",
  "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00480.html",
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    "title": "[DSA 6566-1] expat security update",
    "summary": "Several Expat vulnerabilities could cause denial of service or potentially arbitrary code execution when processing malformed XML. The issues are fixed for Debian stable (trixie) in expat 2.9.0-1~deb13u1.",
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      },
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        "value": "CVE-2026-77214",
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      },
      {
        "value": "CVE-2026-93990",
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      },
      {
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