Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-94698.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-94698
Upstream
Published
2026-08-10T04:16:50Z
Modified
2026-08-30T05:26:50Z
Summary
CVE-2026-72522 affecting package expat 2.8.2-1
Details

libexpat before 2.8.3 has an out-of-bounds read and resultant infinite loop because low surrogates are treated the same as high surrogates during Unicode processing in the *_toUtf16 functions.

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / expat

Package

Name
expat
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/expat

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Last affected
2.8.2-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-94698.json"