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Medium · 4.1 CVE-2026-128241 EUVD-2026-125051GHSA-2qp8-23fp-hmf7

The xmlwf tool in libexpat through 2.10.0 contains a symlink following vulnerability because -d output mode opens files with fopen("wb"), w…

Published Nov 13, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

The xmlwf tool in libexpat through 2.10.0 contains a symlink following vulnerability because -d output mode opens files with fopen("wb"), which follows symbolic links. Local attackers with write access to the output directory can plant a symlink at the expected output name to truncate or overwrite files writable by the xmlwf user.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
libexpat project libexpat 0 ≤2.10.0 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 expat No fix yet —
Debian 13 expat No fix yet —
Debian 12 expat No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 tdom +6 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS tdom +5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS tdom +4 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS tdom +5 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS tdom +4 No fix yet —
Show 9 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS gdcm +7 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS gdcm +6 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 26.04 LTS swish-e No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 24.04 LTS swish-e +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS swish-e +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS expat +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS coin3 +4 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS vtk +8 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS vtk +4 No fix yet —

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 expat No fix yet —

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