vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2024-28757: XML Entity Expansion
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Mar 10, 2024 | Mar 26, 2024 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
Mar 10, 2024
Added
Mar 26, 2024
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
Description
libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate).
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-expat
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