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CVE-2026-41080VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update

Affects Red HatSource GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-41080· Low 2.9

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 2.9 Low : upgrade Red Hat libexpat to 2.8.0 when convenient.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
2.9Low
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 33% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.8.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 16 Apr 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: 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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade libexpat and libexpat/libexpat to 2.8.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
libexpat projectlibexpatAffected
  • <2.8.0
Fixed in
  • 2.8.0
GitHublibexpat/libexpatpkg:github/libexpat/libexpatOther threatsAffected
  • <2.8.0
Fixed in
  • 2.8.0

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Description

This update includes the following RPMs: expat: * expat-2.8.0-0.1.hum1 (aarch64, x86_64) * expat-devel-2.8.0-0.1.hum1 (aarch64, x86_64) * expat-static-2.8.0-0.1.hum1 (aarch64, x86_64) * expat-2.8.0-0.1.hum1.src (src)

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