CVE-2026-56407

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.96.9—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 6.9 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-21. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
6.9EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.9Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

libexpat before 2.8.2 has an integer overflow in doProlog that is related to storeEntityValue and entity textLen.

CVSS v3
6.9
EG Score
6.9(medium)
EG Risk
36(Track)
EG Risk 36/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity69% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 21, 2026

Last Modified

June 23, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 22, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_pr.
github_pr

[CVE-2026-56407] Cap entity `textLen` against signed integer overflow

Fix merged in libexpat/libexpat PR #1262 on 2026-06-03 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1262

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-56407(3)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatexpat-main-2.8.2-1.1.hum12026-07-15redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(8 across 8 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.21(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
expat—2.8.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.22(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
expat—2.8.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
expat—2.8.2-r0—
Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
expat—2.8.2-r0—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
expat2.2.10-2 ... 2.8.2-1~deb13u1 (47 versions)——
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
expat2.5.0-1, 2.5.0-1+deb12u1, 2.5.0-1+deb12u22.5.0-1+deb12u3—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
expat2.7.1-2 ... 2.8.1-1 (9 versions)2.8.2-1~deb13u1—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
expat2.7.1-2 ... 2.8.2-1~deb13u1 (10 versions)2.8.2-1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 38× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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  75. 2026-08-05 01:38 UTCVendor advisory

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-56407?
CVE-2026-56407 is a medium vulnerability published on June 21, 2026. libexpat before 2.8.2 has an integer overflow in doProlog that is related to storeEntityValue and entity textLen.
When was CVE-2026-56407 disclosed?
CVE-2026-56407 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 21, 2026, with the most recent update on June 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-56407 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-56407 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 96.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-56407?
CVE-2026-56407 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-56407?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-56407, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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