CVE detail
CVE-2026-45186
In libexpat before 2.8.1, the computational complexity of attribute name collision checks allows a denial of service via moderately sized crafted XML input.
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Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 27.1 · diversity 20.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 4.5
Why it matters now
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Evidence
Source links by recency
14 source links · newest first
Linked URL: https://blog.hartwork.org/posts/expat-2-8-1-released/ | Posted by spyc | 4 points | 0 comments
communitynews.ycombinator.comMay 11, 2026, 7:13 PM- CVE-2026-45186Microsoft MSRC
Information published.
vendormsrc.microsoft.comMay 11, 2026, 8:03 AM - https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-45186.jsonsecurity.access.redhat.com
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Vendor Advisorysecurity.access.redhat.comMay 10, 2026, 7:16 AM - https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.htmlcert-portal.siemens.com
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Vendor Advisorycert-portal.siemens.comMay 10, 2026, 7:16 AM - https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2468575bugzilla.redhat.com
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Exploitbugzilla.redhat.comMay 10, 2026, 7:16 AM - https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45186access.redhat.com
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Vendor Advisoryaccess.redhat.comMay 10, 2026, 7:16 AM - https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:29197access.redhat.com
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Vendor Advisoryaccess.redhat.comMay 10, 2026, 7:16 AM - https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27201access.redhat.com
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Vendor Advisoryaccess.redhat.comMay 10, 2026, 7:16 AM - https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26319access.redhat.com
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Vendor Advisoryaccess.redhat.comMay 10, 2026, 7:16 AM - https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:23230access.redhat.com
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Vendor Advisoryaccess.redhat.comMay 10, 2026, 7:16 AM - https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22721access.redhat.com
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Vendor Advisoryaccess.redhat.comMay 10, 2026, 7:16 AM - https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:22715access.redhat.com
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Vendor Advisoryaccess.redhat.comMay 10, 2026, 7:16 AM - http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/16www.openwall.com
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Exploitwww.openwall.comMay 10, 2026, 7:16 AM No excerpt available.
Exploitgithub.comMay 10, 2026, 7:16 AM
Exploit code
Public exploit repository references
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1 repository references · best confidence 0.90 · max 0 stars
- libexpat/libexpatHigh confidencegithubNVD Exploit reference0 starsDiscovered Jul 14, 2026, 3:11 PM
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