| Name | CVE-2026-56132 |
| Description | In libexpat before 2.8.2, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in doProlog in xmlparse.c because scaffold backing array reallocation is mishandled when there is data-structure sharing across parsers. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-6404-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 1140388 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| expat (PTS) | bookworm | 2.5.0-1+deb12u2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm (security) | 2.5.0-1+deb12u4 | vulnerable |
| trixie | 2.8.3-1~deb13u1 | fixed |
| trixie (security) | 2.9.0-1~deb13u1 | fixed |
| forky, sid | 2.9.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[bookworm] - expat <postponed> (Minor issue; needs external parameter entity parsing)
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1272