5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-2023-52426
Apache Libexpat XML Entity Expansion Vulnerability
Description

libexpat through 2.5.0 allows recursive XML Entity Expansion if XML_DTD is undefined at compile time.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 4, 2024, 8:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

March 7, 2024, 5:15 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2023-52426 has a 7 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-52426 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Libexpat_project libexpat
: Total Affected Vendor : 1 | Products : 1
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2023-52426.

URL Resource
https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/776.html Technical Description
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/0f075ec8ecb5e43f8fdca5182f8cca4703da0404 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/777 Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNRIHC7DVVRAIWFRGV23Y6UZXFBXSQDB/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNUBSGZFEZOBHJFTAD42SAN4ATW2VEMV/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0005/

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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mmbazm/secure_license_server

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Dockerfile Python

Updated: 3 weeks, 3 days ago
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Born at : Oct. 5, 2024, 4:56 p.m. This repo has been linked 67 different CVEs too.
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testing-felickz/docker-scout-demo

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Dockerfile Go

Updated: 5 months ago
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Born at : May 29, 2024, 6:54 p.m. This repo has been linked 78 different CVEs too.
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GrigGM/05-virt-04-docker-hw

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HCL

Updated: 6 months ago
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Born at : April 30, 2024, 7:53 p.m. This repo has been linked 54 different CVEs too.
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PaulZtx/docker_practice

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Dockerfile Python

Updated: 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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Born at : April 13, 2024, 6:31 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.
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fokypoky/places-list

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C# Dockerfile HTML JavaScript CSS

Updated: 6 months, 4 weeks ago
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Born at : Feb. 22, 2024, 6:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 383 different CVEs too.
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egorvozhzhov/docker-test

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Dockerfile Python

Updated: 8 months, 1 week ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 22, 2024, 10:35 a.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.
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Murken-0/docker-vulnerabilities

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Dockerfile Python

Updated: 8 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Feb. 20, 2024, 1:58 p.m. This repo has been linked 3 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-52426 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • Cybersecurity News
Google Warns: Dependency Scanners Often Misreport Vulnerabilities

The AutoVM team at Google has discovered that dependency scanning tools often mistakenly report vulnerabilities in software. These vulnerabilities may either pose no real security threat or require no ... Read more

Published Date: Sep 20, 2024 (1 month, 2 weeks ago)
CVE-2024-38812 CVE-2024-7788 CVE-2024-6596 CVE-2024-21689 CVE-2024-6387 CVE-2023-52426 CVE-2023-4881 CVE-2022-3857 CVE-2020-14422

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-52426 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 07, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240307-0005/ [No types assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNRIHC7DVVRAIWFRGV23Y6UZXFBXSQDB/ [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNUBSGZFEZOBHJFTAD42SAN4ATW2VEMV/ [No types assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 09, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/776.html No Types Assigned https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/776.html Technical Description
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/0f075ec8ecb5e43f8fdca5182f8cca4703da0404 No Types Assigned https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/0f075ec8ecb5e43f8fdca5182f8cca4703da0404 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/777 No Types Assigned https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/777 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-776
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:libexpat_project:libexpat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.5.0
  • CVE Received by [email protected]

    Feb. 04, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description libexpat through 2.5.0 allows recursive XML Entity Expansion if XML_DTD is undefined at compile time.
    Added Reference MITRE https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/777 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/commit/0f075ec8ecb5e43f8fdca5182f8cca4703da0404 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference MITRE https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/776.html [No types assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-52426 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-52426 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.05 }} 0.01%

score

0.16953

percentile

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