libexpat through 2.5.0 allows a denial of service (resource consumption) because many full reparsings are required in the case of a large token for which multiple buffer fills are needed.
CVE-2023-52425
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2024-02-04. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 76.3%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 4, 2024
Last Modified
November 4, 2025
References (14)
- cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5
- cve@mitrehttps://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/789
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00006.html
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNRIHC7DVVRAIWFRGV23Y6UZXFBXSQDB/
- cve@mitrehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNUBSGZFEZOBHJFTAD42SAN4ATW2VEMV/
- cve@mitrehttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240614-0003/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/789
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00006.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00036.html
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNRIHC7DVVRAIWFRGV23Y6UZXFBXSQDB/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNUBSGZFEZOBHJFTAD42SAN4ATW2VEMV/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PNRIHC7DVVRAIWFRGV23Y6UZXFBXSQDB/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240614-0003/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2023-52425(4)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2025:22871Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: expat security update
- RHSA-2025:22785Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: expat security update
- RHSA-2025:22035Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: expat security update
- RHSA-2025:3453Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Core Services Apache HTTP Server 2.4.62 security update
Patch Availability(11)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libexpat1-dev (2.5.0-2ubuntu0.1) @ mantic | 2026-05-24 | ubuntu |
| redhat | expat-0:2.2.10-1.el8_2 | 2025-12-09 | redhat |
| redhat | expat-0:2.2.10-1.el8_4 | 2025-12-04 | redhat |
| redhat | expat-0:2.2.10-12.el9_0.4 | 2025-11-25 | redhat |
| redhat | expat | 2025-04-02 | redhat |
| redhat | xmlrpc-c-0:1.51.0-9.el8_10 | 2024-07-02 | redhat |
| redhat | expat-0:2.5.0-1.el9_2.1 | 2024-06-13 | redhat |
| redhat | expat-0:2.2.5-8.el8_6.5 | 2024-05-14 | redhat |
| redhat | expat-0:2.2.5-11.el8_8.2 | 2024-04-30 | redhat |
| redhat | expat-0:2.2.5-11.el8_9.1 | 2024-04-02 | redhat |
| redhat | expat-0:2.5.0-1.el9_3.1 | 2024-03-26 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(8)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Microsoft MSRCCVE-2023-524252024-02-09
libexpat through 2.5.0 allows a denial of service (resource consumption) because many full reparsings are required in the case of a large token for which multiple buffer fills are needed.
- Red HatRHSA-2024:1530MODERATE2024-02-04
RHSA-2024:1530 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:1615MODERATE2024-02-04
RHSA-2024:1615 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:2575MODERATE2024-02-04
RHSA-2024:2575 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:2839MODERATE2024-02-04
RHSA-2024:2839 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:3926MODERATE2024-02-04
RHSA-2024:3926 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2024:4259MODERATE2024-02-04
RHSA-2024:4259 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-6694-1MEDIUM
Expat vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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- 2026-05-24 09:11 UTCVendor advisory
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