CVE-2023-52426 (GCVE-0-2023-52426)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-04 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:21
VLAI
Summary
libexpat through 2.5.0 allows recursive XML Entity Expansion if XML_DTD is undefined at compile time.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-776 - Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')
Assigner
References
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