CVE-2026-32778

medium Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 98% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: March 16, 2026 (59 days ago)
Last Modified: March 16, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in libexpat. This vulnerability allows an attacker to trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the `setContext` function. This occurs when the system attempts to retry an operation after an out-of-memory condition, which can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected application.

CWE

CWE-476

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 github.com 🔗 github.com