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CVE-2024-28757 (GCVE-0-2024-28757)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-10 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 22:06
VLAI
Summary
libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate).
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-03-11 13:15 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-776 - Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')
Assigner
References
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