Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 10, 2024· Updated Nov 4, 2025
CVE-2024-28757
CVE-2024-28757
Description
libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate).
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Affected products
20(expand)+ 1 more
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <=2.6.1
- osv-coords18 versionspkg:rpm/almalinux/expatpkg:rpm/almalinux/expat-develpkg:rpm/opensuse/expat&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.5pkg:rpm/opensuse/expat&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/expat&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/opensuse/expat&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/expat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/expat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/expat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.3pkg:rpm/suse/expat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.4pkg:rpm/suse/expat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Micro%205.5pkg:rpm/suse/expat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP5pkg:rpm/suse/expat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015%20SP4-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/expat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/expat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.0pkg:rpm/suse/expat&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Micro%206.1pkg:rpm/suse/expat&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Proxy%204.3pkg:rpm/suse/expat&distro=SUSE%20Manager%20Server%204.3
< 2.5.0-1.el9_3.1+ 17 more
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.0-1.el9_3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.0-1.el9_3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.6.2-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.5.0-3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.7.1-slfo.1.1_1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.4.4-150400.3.17.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FPLC6WDSRDUYS7F7JWAOVOHFNOUQ43DD/mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LKJ7V5F6LJCEQJXDBWGT27J7NAP3E3N7/mitrevendor-advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VK2O34GH43NTHBZBN7G5Y6YKJKPUCTBE/mitrevendor-advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/15/1mitremailing-list
- github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/839mitre
- github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/842mitre
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240322-0001/mitre
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