Security Advisory

CVE-2026-76956

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-08-20 04:22:51
Last updated 2026-08-20 17:42:38
Assigner mitre
CVSS score 5.9
State PUBLISHED

Description

In libexpat 2.8.2 and 2.8.3 before 2.8.4, misinterpretation of getentropy's return code leads to insufficient entropy, which results in being vulnerable to hash flooding attacks, causing a denial of service via crafted XML content.