Bug 2458967 (CVE-2026-41080)

Summary: CVE-2026-41080 libexpat: expat: libexpat: Denial of Service via hash flooding with crafted XML
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: crizzo, jmitchel, kaycoth, kshier, rhel-process-autobot, stcannon, teagle, watson-tool-maintainers, yguenane
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A flaw was found in libexpat. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted XML document that leverages insufficient entropy in the hash function. This can lead to hash flooding, a type of Denial of Service (DoS) attack, where the system becomes unresponsive or crashes due to excessive resource consumption.
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Bug Depends On: 2459020, 2459021    
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-16 17:01:29 UTC
libexpat before 2.7.6 uses insufficient entropy, and thus hash flooding can occur via a crafted XML document.

Comment 2 Marco Benatto 2026-04-16 19:46:06 UTC
Public upstream commit for this issue:
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1183/commits/f5eacefb24a69901a3a608dd4c8697d26cff2c6b