SUSE · Security update for expat
Affects SUSESource GCVE Database
Mentioned vulnerabilities
Not known to be exploited · fixed in SUSE package updates : patch SUSE soon.
Data as of 4 Nov 2026, 02:14 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD
- Patch
- Available – fixed in 2.8.5
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 27 Oct 2026
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 3 Nov 2026.
Description
This update for expat fixes the following issues: - CVE-2026-77214: out-of-bounds read due to insufficient checks in `XML_ParseBuffer()` (bsc#1284334). - CVE-2026-93990: fails to validate low surrogates following high surrogates in UTF-16 input (bsc#1282347). - CVE-2026-102633: denial of service via integer overflow in expat_realloc (bsc#1283493). Changes for expat: Update to 2.8.5 (jsc#PED-16154): * Bug fixes: * Fix an OOM-related memory leak on a failed overflow check * Fix memory alignment for architectures with 128bit pointers * Mark XML_SetHashSalt deprecated
References
- suse.com/support/security/rating/ (opens in a new tab)
- ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/suse-su-2026_24469-1.json (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-202624469-1/ (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.suse.com/1275115 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.suse.com/1282347 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.suse.com/1283493 (opens in a new tab)
- bugzilla.suse.com/1284334 (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-102633/ (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-32776/ (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-32777/ (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-32778/ (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56403/ (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56404/ (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56405/ (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-77214/ (opens in a new tab)
- suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-93990/ (opens in a new tab)