CVE-2026-56409

NameCVE-2026-56409
Descriptionxmlwf in libexpat before 2.8.2 has an integer overflow for the output filename when -d outputDir is used.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
expat (PTS)bullseye2.2.10-2+deb11u5vulnerable
bullseye (security)2.2.10-2+deb11u7vulnerable
bookworm2.5.0-1+deb12u2vulnerable
bookworm (security)2.5.0-1+deb12u1vulnerable
trixie2.7.1-2vulnerable
forky, sid2.8.1-1vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
expatsource(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1259
Fixed by: https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/61f7cdda22546c4bee38dd2d3fa3d6e4aa64d33e

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