Red Hat Security Advisory: expat security update
Affects Red Hat expatSource GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 17:00 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 13 Nov 2024
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated expat packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 that address this vulnerability. Users should apply the provided security update as detailed in Red Hat's advisory and article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate the issue. No additional mitigation steps are specified or required beyond applying the official update.
Description
A denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the libexpat XML parsing library via the XML_ResumeParser function. This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 across multiple architectures. The vulnerability has been rated as moderate severity by Red Hat Product Security. An update addressing this issue is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.