Bug 2520814 (CVE-2026-77643)
| Summary: | CVE-2026-77643 xapian-core: Xapian xapian-core: Arbitrary code execution via incomplete HTML escaping | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | rhel-process-autobot, watson-tool-maintainers |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Security |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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A flaw was found in Xapian xapian-core. This cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability is due to incomplete HTML escaping by the Xapian::MSet::snippet() function. A remote attacker could exploit this by injecting malicious script, leading to arbitrary code execution in the user's browser context. This could result in information disclosure or session hijacking.
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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| Bug Depends On: | 2521816 | ||
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Description
OSIDB Bzimport
2026-08-20 21:49:00 UTC
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