AZL-96848

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Import Source

https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-96848.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-96848

Upstream

CVE-2026-76956

Published

2026-08-20T05:16:29Z

Modified

2026-08-28T17:48:14.855805692Z

Summary

CVE-2026-76956 affecting package expat 2.8.2-1

Details

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.

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-76956

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-96848.json"