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CVE-2026-56412

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.9 Published: 2026-06-21 Modified: 2026-06-23

Description

libexpat before 2.8.2 does not consider XML_TOK_DATA_CHARS in doCdataSection and thus lacks handler call depth tracking for various calls from within handlers in cases of a policy violation. Thus, a use-after-free can occur. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-50219.

Affected Platforms

Libexpat Project Libexpat

Weakness Type

CWE-416

References