Answer in brief
CVE-2026-56412 records a Medium severity (CVSS 4.9) memory corruption vulnerability in CVE-2026-56412. The source record does not mark it as known exploited. No package mapping is present, so exposure must be confirmed against the affected product and deployment inventory.
Answer in brief
CVE-2026-56412 records a Medium severity (CVSS 4.9) memory corruption vulnerability in CVE-2026-56412. The source record does not mark it as known exploited. No package mapping is present, so exposure must be confirmed against the affected product and deployment inventory.
Review the upstream advisory, identify the affected product in your inventory, and apply the vendor update when one is available.
Memory Corruption describes the vulnerability class recorded for this advisory. The current record does not mark CVE-2026-56412 as known exploited; continue to monitor the source for status changes. This is a product-level record in the current feed, not a package-level dependency mapping.
Affected software not mapped. Review the upstream record for vendor-specific product and version guidance.
libexpat before 2.8.2 does not consider XML_TOK_DATA_CHARS in doCdataSection and thus lacks handler call depth tracking for various calls from within handlers in cases of a policy violation. Thus, a use-after-free can occur. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-50219.
Reported by NVD (nvd).
CVE-2026-56412 records a Medium severity (CVSS 4.9) memory corruption vulnerability in CVE-2026-56412. The source record does not mark it as known exploited. No package mapping is present, so exposure must be confirmed against the affected product and deployment inventory.
The source record does not mark it as known exploited.
Confirm whether the product or interface named by this advisory exists in your inventory.
HOL Guard can help your team monitor supply-chain activity while the upstream record is clarified.
Explore HOL GuardReview the upstream advisory, identify the affected product in your inventory, and apply the vendor update when one is available.
Memory Corruption describes the vulnerability class recorded for this advisory. The current record does not mark CVE-2026-56412 as known exploited; continue to monitor the source for status changes. This is a product-level record in the current feed, not a package-level dependency mapping.
Affected software not mapped. Review the upstream record for vendor-specific product and version guidance.
libexpat before 2.8.2 does not consider XML_TOK_DATA_CHARS in doCdataSection and thus lacks handler call depth tracking for various calls from within handlers in cases of a policy violation. Thus, a use-after-free can occur. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2026-50219.
Reported by NVD (nvd).
CVE-2026-56412 records a Medium severity (CVSS 4.9) memory corruption vulnerability in CVE-2026-56412. The source record does not mark it as known exploited. No package mapping is present, so exposure must be confirmed against the affected product and deployment inventory.
The source record does not mark it as known exploited.
Confirm whether the product or interface named by this advisory exists in your inventory.
HOL Guard can help your team monitor supply-chain activity while the upstream record is clarified.
Explore HOL Guard