Linux · Security advisory · September 28, 2026

ELSA-2026-72663: Security update for 2 packages

ELSA-2026-72663, released September 28, 2026, fixes 2 CVEs across 2 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVEs closed
2
None rated Critical
Exploited
0
None reported
Exploitation more likely
0
Vendor assessment
Highest EPSS
0.0074
54th percentile

Priority of the 2 CVEs

Patch now 0 Urgent 0 High 2 Routine 0

Fixed package versions

ProductReleaseFixed in
expatol 90:2.5.0-6.el9_8.5
expat-develol 90:2.5.0-6.el9_8.5

CVEs this fix closes

PriorityCVETitleImpactCVSSEPSSExploitation
High CVE-2026-66046 Expat Denial of Service via storeAtts() Quadratic Complexity 7.5 0.0074 None reported
High CVE-2026-93990 Expat through 2.8.4 Malformed UTF-16 Acceptance via Unchecked Surrogate 7.5 0.0040 None reported
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