CVE-2026-41080
A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in expat to conduct a Denial of Service attack.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- A local attacker can exploit a vulnerability in expat to conduct a Denial of Service attack.
- Who is affected
- Local deployments of Expat are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is low urgency as the severity is low and exploitation is not currently active.
- Action
- No immediate action required.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.40% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 33% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (3)
- unknownDSA-6404-1 expat - security updatedebian · 2026-07-30
- low[UPDATE] [low] expat: Vulnerability allows Denial of Servicecert-bund · 2026-07-15
- unknownUSN-8520-1: Expat vulnerabilityubuntu · 2026-07-09
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