CVE-2026-76956
In libexpat 2.8.2 and 2.8.3 before 2.8.4, misinterpretation of getentropy's return code leads to insufficient entropy, which results in being vulnerable to hash flooding attacks, causing a denial of service via crafted XML content.
Scoring
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS base score
- 5.9
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS probability
- 0.29%
- CWE
- CWE-394
- Published
- 2026-08-20
- Last modified
- 2026-08-20
Affected products
- libexpat project libexpat
Weakness type
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