Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2023-52425 is a denial-of-service flaw in libexpat through 2.5.0. A specially large XML token can force repeated reparsing and consume excessive resources, potentially making XML-processing services slow or unavailable. Exposure is most likely where internet-facing or internal services parse untrusted XML using libexpat directly, via OS packages, appliances, or bundled dependencies. The source bundle names libexpat through 2.5.0, but does not provide a complete affected product inventory. Prioritize remediation for public or high-volume XML-processing systems because the impact is service disruption. This is not presented as code execution, but outage risk can still be material for customer-facing services. Mitigation focus: Apply vendor expat security updates from operating system and product maintainers.; Treat libexpat through 2.5.0 as affected during inventory review.; Check application vendors for bundled or statically linked expat updates..
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H3.93.6Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.5HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/789CVE reference
- FEDORA-2024-fbe1f0c1aaCVE reference · vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2024-b8656bc059CVE reference · vendor-advisory
- [debian-lts-announce] 20240409 [SECURITY] [DLA 3783-1] expat security updateCVE reference · mailing-list
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240614-0003/CVE reference
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00036.htmlCVE reference
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNRIHC7DVVRAIWFRGV23Y6UZXFBXSQDB/CVE reference
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