CVE-2026-76957Medium· 4.9▾ Sunlitlibexpat before 2.8.4 lacks handler call depth tracking with custom encoding callbacks. Thus, a use-after-free can occur. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2026-50219, CVE-2026-56131 and CVE-2026-56412.
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 27 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 0
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Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Sep 8.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
0.1%
0.1% → 0.1%
libexpat before 2.8.4 lacks handler call depth tracking with custom encoding callbacks. Thus, a use-after-free can occur. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2026-50219, CVE-2026-56131 and CVE-2026-56412.
libexpat < 2.8.4Upgrade past the affected range:
libexpat 2.8.4Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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