CVE-2024-28757
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.2%
Description
libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate).
How to fix CVE-2024-28757
To remediate CVE-2024-28757, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Alpine/expat—upgrade to 2.6.2-r0 or later
- Debian/expat—no fix listed
- Debian/libxmltok—no fix listed
Is CVE-2024-28757 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.6.2-r0
- from 0
- from 0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |