CVE-2026-115506
Public on 2026-10-22
Modified on 2026-10-26
Description
libexpat through 2.9.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability because billion laughs protection in accountingDiffTolerated() in xmlparse.c detects entity amplification too late. Attackers can supply a moderately sized XML document with a large DTD and nested entity expansions to consume tens of seconds of CPU per parse.
Severity
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CVSS v3 Base Score
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Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | expat | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | expat | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2027 Preview | expat | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Firefox Extra | firefox | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | firefox | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2027 Preview | firefox | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | thunderbird | Pending Fix | ||
| Amazon Linux 2023 | xmlrpc-c | Not Affected |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |