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medium 4.9

CVE-2026-50219 json

libexpat before 2.8.2 lacks handler call depth tracking for calls to XML_GetBuffer, XML_Parse, XML_ParseBuffer, XML_ParserFree, or XML_Pars…

published 2026-06-04 5 mo ago modified 2026-08-09 3 mo ago also EUVD-2026-34206 , JLSEC-2026-1224

cvss
4.9
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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,

Patch / fix

  • julia Expat_jll 2.8.2+0
  • libexpat project libexpat 2.8.2
  • expat Debian 12 2.5.0-1+deb12u3
  • expat Debian 13 2.8.2-1~deb13u1
  • expat Debian 14 2.8.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-50219

  • expat Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 2.4.7-1ubuntu0.8
  • expat Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 2.6.1-2ubuntu0.5
  • expat Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 2.7.4-1ubuntu0.1
  • expat Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.1.0-4ubuntu1.4+esm12
  • expat Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 2.1.0-7ubuntu0.16.04.5+esm13
  • expat Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 2.2.5-3ubuntu0.9+esm4
  • expat Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 2.2.9-1ubuntu0.8+esm2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-50219

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  • expat RHEL 9 2.5.0-6.el9_8.3
  • expat RHEL 8 2.5.0-2.el8_10.2
  • expat RHEL 10.2 2.7.3-1.el10_2.3
  • expat hummingbird 1 2.8.2-1.hum1

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:64812RHSA-2026:64809RHSA-2026:64810RHSA-2026:30647

  • expat Linux Micro 6.1 2.8.5-slfo.1.1_1.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4 +8 more 153.5.0-150400.157.16.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 153.5.0-160000.1.1
  • MozillaThunderbird SLE Workstation Extension 15 SP7, SLE Module for Package Hub 15 SP7 153.5.0-150400.13.9.1
  • expat SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 2.8.5-150700.3.15.1
  • expat Linux Micro 6.0 2.8.5-159998.1.1
  • expat SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4 +10 more 2.8.5-150400.3.40.1
  • expat SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 2.8.4-160000.1.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:24554-1SUSE-SU-2026:4834-1SUSE-SU-2026:4806-1SUSE-SU-2026:24260-1SUSE-SU-2026:4736-1SUSE-SU-2026:4619-1

  • MozillaFirefox openSUSE Leap 16.0 153.5.0-160000.1.1
  • expat openSUSE Leap 16.0 2.8.4-160000.1.1
  • expat openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.8.2-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:22139-1openSUSE-SU-2026:21945-1openSUSE-SU-2026:11584-1

  • expat AlmaLinux 8 2.5.0-2.el8_10.2
  • expat AlmaLinux 10 2.7.3-1.el10_2.3
  • expat AlmaLinux 9 2.5.0-6.el9_8.3

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:64809ALSA-2026:64810ALSA-2026:64812

  • expat Rocky Linux 10 2.7.3-1.el10_2.3
  • expat Rocky Linux 9 2.5.0-6.el9_8.3
  • expat Rocky Linux 8 2.5.0-2.el8_10.2

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:64810RLSA-2026:64812RLSA-2026:64809

  • expat Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +1 more 2.8.2-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-50219

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  • expat Azure Linux 3.0 2.8.2-1

azure linux advisories AZL-89372

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-50219 updated cvss 4.9

expat: libexpat: Use-after-free vulnerability due to improper handler call depth tracking

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 expat, compat-expat1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 expat
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 mingw-expat, mingw32-expat, mingw64-expat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Cost Management On-Premise 1 costmanagement/costmanagement-ui-rhel10 1791460851
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:79357
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) expat-devel 2.5.0-6.el9_8.3, expat-debuginfo 2.5.0-6.el9_8.3, expat-debugsource 2.5.0-6.el9_8.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:64812
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) expat-devel 2.7.3-1.el10_2.3, expat-debuginfo 2.7.3-1.el10_2.3, expat-debugsource 2.7.3-1.el10_2.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:64810
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) expat 2.5.0-2.el8_10.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:64809
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) expat 2.5.0-6.el9_8.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:64812
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) expat 2.7.3-1.el10_2.3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:64810
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  • Red Hat Hardened Images expat 2.8.2-1.hum1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:30647
  • Red Hat Update Infrastructure 5 rhui5/cds-rhel9 1789479900, rhui5/rhua-rhel9 1789478095, rhui5/haproxy-rhel9 1789479891, rhui5/installer-rhel9 1789482961, rhui5/cds-kubernetes-rhel9 1789479916
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:67956

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
5 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
OSV 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia Expat_jll
<2.8.2+0
2.8.2+0

Affected products

  • libexpat project libexpat

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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