libexpat 2.9.0 fixes two vulnerabilities
Released on October 5, 2026, libexpat version 2.9.0 fixes two vulnerabilities, including an integer overflow on 32-bit platforms.
Source: libexpat 2.9.0 corrige duas vulnerabilidades (seclists.org). Text prepared with AI from this source.
What happened and what to do
A post by Sebastian Pipping on the oss-security mailing list, dated October 5, 2026, says libexpat 2.9.0 fixes CVE-2026-77214 and CVE-2026-102633. The changelog describes an integer overflow in expat_realloc on 32-bit platforms and validation of the len parameter against available buffer capacity in XML_ParseBuffer. Consult the original post on the oss-sec list; the CVE records and release changelog can be used to verify the details.
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