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  "fix": "SUSE-SU-2026:4623-1",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/suse-su-2026-4623-1",
  "summary": "SUSE-SU-2026:4623-1, released November 7, 2026, fixes 34 CVEs in expat (version 2.8.5-150400.3.40.1). None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Urgent.",
  "platform": "linux",
  "type": "advisory",
  "title": "expat security update",
  "released": "2026-11-07T00:41:11Z",
  "priority": "Urgent",
  "priorityTier": 2,
  "priorityReason": "Closes CVE-2016-9063, rated Critical",
  "supported": true,
  "cveCount": 34,
  "exploitedCveCount": 0,
  "kevCveCount": 0,
  "ransomwareCveCount": 0,
  "maxEpss": 0.13255,
  "maxCvss": 9.8,
  "vendorAdvisory": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:4623-1",
  "appliesTo": [
    {
      "product": "expat",
      "productUrl": "https://patchblox.com/security/product/linux/expat",
      "release": "sles 15.6",
      "fixedVersion": "2.8.5-150400.3.40.1",
      "supported": true
    }
  ],
  "cves": [
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2016-9063",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9063",
      "title": "Python 3.5 and 1 other: An integer overflow during the parsing of XML using the Expat library.",
      "priority": "Urgent",
      "cvss": 9.8,
      "epss": 0.05363,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2016-0718",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-0718",
      "title": "Python 3.5 and 1 other: Expat allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary\u2026",
      "priority": "High",
      "severity": "Medium",
      "cvss": 9.8,
      "epss": 0.13255,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2022-43680",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-43680",
      "title": "expat: In libexpat through 2.4.9, there is a use-after free caused by overeager destruction of a shared DTD in XML_ExternalE...",
      "priority": "High",
      "severity": "Medium",
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      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2023-52425",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-52425",
      "title": "expat: libexpat through 2.5.0 allows a denial of service (resource consumption)because many full reparsings are required in...",
      "priority": "High",
      "severity": "Medium",
      "cvss": 7.5,
      "epss": 0.02149,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2025-59375",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-59375",
      "title": "libexpat in Expat before 2.7.2 allows attackers to trigger large dynamic memory allocations via a small document that is submitted for parsing.",
      "priority": "High",
      "severity": "Moderate",
      "cvss": 8.1,
      "epss": 0.0138,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2024-8176",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8176",
      "title": "libexpat: Multiple issues in libexpat, including unexpected app termination or arbitrary code execution",
      "priority": "High",
      "severity": "HIGH",
      "cvss": 7.5,
      "epss": 0.01353,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-66046",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-66046",
      "title": "Expat Denial of Service via storeAtts() Quadratic Complexity",
      "priority": "High",
      "severity": "Important",
      "cvss": 7.5,
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      "kev": false,
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      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-45186",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45186",
      "title": "In libexpat before 2.8.1, the computational complexity of attribute name collision checks allows a denial of service via moderately sized crafted XML input.",
      "priority": "High",
      "severity": "Low",
      "cvss": 8.2,
      "epss": 0.00479,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-93990",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-93990",
      "title": "Expat through 2.8.4 Malformed UTF-16 Acceptance via Unchecked Surrogate",
      "priority": "High",
      "severity": "Important",
      "cvss": 7.5,
      "epss": 0.00403,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-102633",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-102633",
      "title": "libexpat 2.7.2 through 2.8.5 Integer Overflow in expat_realloc",
      "priority": "High",
      "severity": "Moderate",
      "cvss": 8.2,
      "epss": 0.00368,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-77214",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-77214",
      "title": "libexpat Heap Buffer Over-read in xmlparse.c via XML_ParseBuffer",
      "priority": "High",
      "severity": "Important",
      "cvss": 8.2,
      "epss": 0.0032,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-76956",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-76956",
      "title": "In libexpat 2.8.2 and 2.8.3 before 2.8.4, misinterpretation of getentropy\u0027s return code leads to insufficient entropy, which results in being vulnerable to hash flooding attacks, causing a denial of service via crafted XML content.",
      "priority": "High",
      "severity": "Moderate",
      "cvss": 7.5,
      "epss": 0.00287,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-25210",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-25210",
      "title": "expat: In libexpat before 2.7.4, the doContent function does not properly determine the buffer size bufSize because there is...",
      "priority": "High",
      "severity": "high",
      "cvss": 7.8,
      "epss": 0.00211,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-76957",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-76957",
      "title": "libexpat before 2.8.4 lacks handler call depth tracking with custom encoding callbacks. Thus, a use-after-free can occur. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2026-50219, CVE-2026-56131 and CVE-2026-56412.",
      "priority": "High",
      "severity": "Moderate",
      "cvss": 7.8,
      "epss": 0.00107,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-41080",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41080",
      "title": "expat: libexpat before 2.8.0 uses insufficient entropy, and thus hash flooding can occur via a crafted XML document.",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "low",
      "cvss": 2.9,
      "epss": 0.00398,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-76641",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-76641",
      "title": "expat: out-of-bounds read vulnerability that allows attackers to trigger",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "Medium",
      "epss": 0.00353,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-32777",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-32777",
      "title": "libexpat before 2.7.5 allows an infinite loop while parsing DTD content.",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "Low",
      "cvss": 5.5,
      "epss": 0.00225,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-72522",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-72522",
      "title": "libexpat before 2.8.3 has an out-of-bounds read and resultant infinite loop because low surrogates are treated the same as high surrogates during Unicode processing in the *_toUtf16 functions.",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "Moderate",
      "cvss": 6.2,
      "epss": 0.00191,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-24515",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-24515",
      "title": "expat: In libexpat before 2.7.4, XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate does not copy unknown encoding handler user data.",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "low",
      "cvss": 2.5,
      "epss": 0.00186,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-50219",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-50219",
      "title": "libexpat before 2.8.2 lacks handler call depth tracking for calls to XML_GetBuffer, XML_Parse, XML_ParseBuffer, XML_ParserFree, or XML_ParserReset from within handlers in cases of a policy violation. Thus, a use-after-free can occur,",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "Low",
      "cvss": 6.9,
      "epss": 0.00181,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-56412",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56412",
      "title": "libexpat before 2.8.2 does not consider XML_TOK_DATA_CHARS in doCdataSection and thus lacks handler call depth tracking for various calls from within handlers in cases of a policy violation. Thus, a use-after-free can occur. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-50219.",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "Moderate",
      "cvss": 5.9,
      "epss": 0.00179,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-32778",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-32778",
      "title": "libexpat before 2.7.5 allows a NULL pointer dereference in the function setContext on retry after an earlier ouf-of-memory condition.",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "Low",
      "cvss": 5.5,
      "epss": 0.00177,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-56131",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56131",
      "title": "libexpat before 2.8.2 lacks handler call depth tracking for calls to XML_ResumeParser from within handlers in cases of a policy violation. Thus, a use-after-free can occur (similar to the CVE-2026-50219 situation).",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "Moderate",
      "cvss": 4.9,
      "epss": 0.00175,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-56406",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56406",
      "title": "libexpat before 2.8.2 has an integer overflow in XML_ParseBuffer because it lacked a check that was present in XML_Parse.",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "Moderate",
      "cvss": 6.9,
      "epss": 0.00174,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-56407",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56407",
      "title": "libexpat before 2.8.2 has an integer overflow in doProlog that is related to storeEntityValue and entity textLen.",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "Moderate",
      "cvss": 6.9,
      "epss": 0.00174,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-32776",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-32776",
      "title": "libexpat before 2.7.5 allows a NULL pointer dereference with empty external parameter entity content.",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "Moderate",
      "cvss": 5.5,
      "epss": 0.00171,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-56403",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56403",
      "title": "libexpat before 2.8.2 has an integer overflow in storeAtts.",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "Moderate",
      "cvss": 6.9,
      "epss": 0.00168,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-56132",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56132",
      "title": "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.",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "Moderate",
      "cvss": 6.9,
      "epss": 0.00135,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-56404",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56404",
      "title": "libexpat before 2.8.2 has an integer overflow in addBinding.",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "Moderate",
      "cvss": 6.9,
      "epss": 0.0013,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-56410",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56410",
      "title": "xmlwf in libexpat before 2.8.2 has an integer overflow in resolveSystemId.",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "Moderate",
      "cvss": 6.9,
      "epss": 0.00129,
      "kev": false,
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      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-56411",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56411",
      "title": "xmlwf in libexpat before 2.8.2 has an integer overflow in endDoctypeDecl via NOTATION declarations.",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "Moderate",
      "cvss": 6.9,
      "epss": 0.00129,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-56405",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56405",
      "title": "libexpat before 2.8.2 has an integer overflow in getAttributeId.",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "Moderate",
      "cvss": 6.9,
      "epss": 0.00125,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-56408",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56408",
      "title": "expat: libexpat before 2.8.2 has an integer overflow in copyString.",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "medium",
      "cvss": 6.9,
      "epss": 0.00125,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    },
    {
      "cveId": "CVE-2026-56409",
      "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56409",
      "title": "xmlwf in libexpat before 2.8.2 has an integer overflow for the output filename when -d outputDir is used.",
      "priority": "Routine",
      "severity": "Moderate",
      "cvss": 6.5,
      "epss": 0.00119,
      "kev": false,
      "ransomware": false,
      "exploited": false,
      "disclosed": false
    }
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    "text": "Data: Patchblox Patch Radar",
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