CVE-2024-28757
High
CVE-2024-28757
libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate).
Exploit probability
2.0%
Published
March 10, 2024
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
56 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2024-28757
View original source
libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate).
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/15/1
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/28xxx/CVE-2024-28757.json
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/839
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/842
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FPLC6WDSRDUYS7F7JWAOVOHFNOUQ43DD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LKJ7V5F6LJCEQJXDBWGT27J7NAP3E3N7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VK2O34GH43NTHBZBN7G5Y6YKJKPUCTBE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FPLC6WDSRDUYS7F7JWAOVOHFNOUQ43DD/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/LKJ7V5F6LJCEQJXDBWGT27J7NAP3E3N7/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/VK2O34GH43NTHBZBN7G5Y6YKJKPUCTBE/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-28757
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240322-0001/