ALPINE-CVE-2026-56406

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-56406
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-56406.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2026-56406
Upstream
Published
2026-06-21T16:16:27Z
Modified
2026-08-27T22:17:57Z
Severity
  • 6.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

libexpat before 2.8.2 has an integer overflow in XML_ParseBuffer because it lacked a check that was present in XML_Parse.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.21 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.8.2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-56406.json"

Alpine:v3.22 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.8.2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-56406.json"

Alpine:v3.23 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.8.2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-56406.json"

Alpine:v3.24 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/expat?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.8.2-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-56406.json"