CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.9. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.
Public Exploit Signal
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CVE
CVE-2026-56412
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.9
EPSS
0.14%
Original NVD Description
libexpat before 2.8.2 does not consider XML_TOK_DATA_CHARS in doCdataSection and thus lacks handler call depth tracking for various calls from within handlers in cases of a policy violation. Thus, a use-after-free can occur. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-50219.
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