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CVE-2026-77214VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik Debian · expat: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von Informationen

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-77214· High 8.3

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.3 High.

Data as of 9 Nov 2026, 13:02 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
8.3High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 4.08.3
CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS 3.18.2
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 7 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 9 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
libexpatlibexpatAffected
  • <=2.8.5
Fixed in–
GitHublibexpatpkg:github/libexpatOther threatsAffected
  • <=2.8.5
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

A security update fixing CVE-2026-77214 is available and should be applied. Red Hat has released updated packages (expat-2.9.0-1.hum1) for Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs. Users should apply these updates promptly to remediate the vulnerability. No other mitigations or workarounds are specified in the advisory.

Description

A vulnerability in the Expat XML parser allows a remote attacker to cause a heap buffer over-read via repeated parse buffer operations with unvalidated buffer lengths. This can lead to information disclosure by leaking adjacent heap memory, potentially aiding in bypassing security mitigations like ASLR, or cause a denial of service by crashing the application. The vulnerability affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux environments where Expat is used to process untrusted XML inputs. A security update addressing this issue is available in Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs.

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