CVE-2026-56405

MEDIUMNVD 6.96.9—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.9 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-21. NVD baseline CVSS 6.9; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
6.9
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 6.9Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

libexpat before 2.8.2 has an integer overflow in getAttributeId.

CVSS v3
6.9
EG Score
6.9(high)
EPSS
1.2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 21, 2026

Last Modified

June 23, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 22, 2026
Upstream fix merged — awaiting tagged release. Sources: github_pr.
github_pr

[CVE-2026-56405] lib: Protect function `getAttributeId` from signed integer overflow

Fix merged in libexpat/libexpat PR #1251 on 2026-05-29 — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1251

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-56405(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 0× in last 7d / 0× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-06 12:17 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-06 12:17 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-07-06 12:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-05 14:23 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-05 14:23 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-07-05 14:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-05 02:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-04 16:28 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-04 16:28 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-07-04 16:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-03 18:28 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-07-03 18:28 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-07-03 18:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-02 20:34 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-07-02 20:34 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-07-02 20:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-01 22:38 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-07-01 22:38 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-07-01 22:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-01 00:44 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-01 00:44 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-07-01 00:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-06-30 02:50 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-06-30 02:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-06-29 04:55 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-06-29 04:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-06-28 06:58 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-06-28 06:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-06-27 09:04 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-06-27 09:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-26 11:09 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-06-26 11:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-25 10:35 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-06-25 10:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-06-24 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-24 12:41 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-06-24 12:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-06-23 21:33 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-23 21:33 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-06-23 14:44 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-06-23 14:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-06-22 16:44 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-06-22 16:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-06-21 18:46 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-06-21 18:45 UTCGHSA enrichment

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-56405?
CVE-2026-56405 is a medium vulnerability published on June 21, 2026. libexpat before 2.8.2 has an integer overflow in getAttributeId.
When was CVE-2026-56405 disclosed?
CVE-2026-56405 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 21, 2026, with the most recent update on June 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-56405 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-56405 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1.2% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-56405?
CVE-2026-56405 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.9 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-56405?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-56405, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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