Bug 2268766 (CVE-2024-28757) - CVE-2024-28757 expat: XML Entity Expansion
Summary: CVE-2024-28757 expat: XML Entity Expansion
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2024-28757
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security
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Depends On: 2268767 2268768
Blocks: 2268769
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2024-03-10 09:45 UTC by ybuenos
Modified: 2026-03-26 07:26 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: expat 2.6.2
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:3941 0 None None None 2024-06-17 02:20:32 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:4068 0 None None None 2024-06-24 14:03:06 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:4637 0 None None None 2024-07-18 15:21:05 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2024:4712 0 None None None 2024-07-22 15:11:52 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:1530 0 None None None 2024-03-26 16:42:22 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:3926 0 None None None 2024-06-13 14:34:08 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:3876 0 None None None 2026-03-11 05:00:42 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:4419 0 None None None 2026-03-19 05:48:56 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:4465 0 None None None 2026-03-19 07:41:05 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:4480 0 None None None 2026-03-19 20:01:30 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:5087 0 None None None 2026-03-26 07:26:03 UTC

Description ybuenos 2024-03-10 09:45:10 UTC 
libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate).

https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/839
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/842
Comment 1 ybuenos 2024-03-10 09:45:41 UTC 
Created expat tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2268767]
Comment 2 ybuenos 2024-03-10 09:46:40 UTC 
Created mingw-expat tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2268768]
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2024-03-26 16:42:21 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2024:1530 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1530
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2024-06-13 14:34:07 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2024:3926 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3926
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2026-03-11 05:00:41 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18

Via RHSA-2026:3876 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:3876
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2026-03-19 05:48:55 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.15

Via RHSA-2026:4419 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4419
Comment 16 errata-xmlrpc 2026-03-19 07:41:04 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.16

Via RHSA-2026:4465 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4465
Comment 17 errata-xmlrpc 2026-03-19 20:01:29 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.17

Via RHSA-2026:4480 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:4480
Comment 18 errata-xmlrpc 2026-03-26 07:26:01 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.14

Via RHSA-2026:5087 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:5087
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