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CVE-2026-24515

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference
Publication date:
23/01/2026
Last modified:
05/02/2026

Description

In libexpat before 2.7.4, XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate does not copy unknown encoding handler user data.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 2.90 LOW
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Low

Base Score 3.x
2.90
Severity 3.x
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.7.4 (excluding)

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