Your message dated Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:33:53 +0000
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and subject line Bug#1126277: fixed in expat 2.7.3-2
has caused the Debian Bug report #1126277,
regarding expat: CVE-2026-24515
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Source: expat
Version: 2.7.3-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream
Forwarded: https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1131
X-Debbugs-Cc: [email protected], Debian Security Team <[email protected]>
Hi,
The following vulnerability was published for expat.
CVE-2026-24515[0]:
| In libexpat before 2.7.4, XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate does not
| copy unknown encoding handler user data.
If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.
For further information see:
[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-24515
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-24515
[1] https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1131
Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.
Regards,
Salvatore
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Source: expat
Source-Version: 2.7.3-2
Done: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <[email protected]>
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
expat, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to [email protected],
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
Debian distribution maintenance software
pp.
Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <[email protected]> (supplier of updated expat package)
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Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:48:32 +0100
Source: expat
Architecture: source
Version: 2.7.3-2
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: high
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <[email protected]>
Changed-By: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS) <[email protected]>
Closes: 1126277
Changes:
expat (2.7.3-2) unstable; urgency=high
.
* Backport upstream fix for CVE-2026-24515: make
XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate() copy unknown encoding handler user data
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