medium 4.0

CVE-2026-32776 json

libexpat before 2.7.5 allows a NULL pointer dereference with empty external parameter entity content.

published 2026-03-16 7 mo ago modified 2026-10-15 25 d ago also EUVD-2026-12347 , JLSEC-2026-381

cvss: 4.0; 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 6%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

fixed in 5 distros 6 links 2

julia Expat_jll 2.7.5+0
libexpat project libexpat 2.7.5
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.6
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.6
Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP V3.1.6

debian ubuntu suse opensuse alpine azure linux

expat Debian 12 2.5.0-1+deb12u4
expat Debian 13 2.8.2-1~deb13u1
expat Debian 14 2.7.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-32776

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-2026-32776

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

expat SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 2.8.5-160000.1.1
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

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:24460-1 SUSE-SU-2026:24469-1 SUSE-SU-2026:24554-1 SUSE-SU-2026:4834-1 SUSE-SU-2026:4806-1 SUSE-SU-2026:24260-1

expat openSUSE Leap 16.0 2.8.5-160000.1.1
MozillaFirefox openSUSE Leap 16.0 153.5.0-160000.1.1
mozjs140 openSUSE Tumbleweed 140.10.0-1.1
mozjs115 openSUSE Tumbleweed 115.15.0-8.1
expat openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.7.5-1.1
expat openSUSE Leap 16.0 2.7.1-160000.5.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:22177-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:22139-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10642-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10620-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:10466-1 openSUSE-SU-2026:20448-1

expat Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +2 more 2.7.5-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2026-32776

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

expat Azure Linux 3.0 2.6.4-5

azure linux advisories AZL-79853

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

github.com/libexpat/libexpat#1158 pull request
github.com/libexpat/libexpat#1159 pull request

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-2026-32776 updated 2026-11-07 cvss 6.2

libexpat: libexpat: Denial of Service due to NULL pointer dereference

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 expat, compat-expat1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 expat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 expat, mingw-expat, mingw32-expat, mingw64-expat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 expat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 expat
affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9
under investigation
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-mlflow-rhel9
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-26-155-04 updated 2026-06-04 cvss 5.5

Hitachi Energy RTU500

Hitachi Energy RTU500 series CMU Firmware vers:RTU500_series_CMU_Firmware/>=12.7.1, <=12.7.7, vers:RTU500_series_CMU_Firmware/>=13.5.1, <=13.5.4, vers:RTU500_series_CMU_Firmware/>=13.6.1, <=13.6.3, vers:RTU500_series_CMU_Firmware/>=13.7.1, <=13.7.8
affected: vendor fix, mitigation

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 7 mo ago (2026-03-16)

Exploit prediction

0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV	3.1	5.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
julia	Expat_jll	<2.7.5+0	2.7.5+0

Affected products

libexpat project libexpat
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP
Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP
Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP

Classification

Weakness

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

References

github.com /libexpat/libexpat/pull/1158
issue-tracking, patch, web
github.com /libexpat/libexpat/pull/1159
issue-tracking, patch, web
cert-portal.siemens.com /productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary