CVE-2026-7210

HIGHNVD 7.59.8▲
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-05-11. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 2.3.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 1%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

xml.parsers.expat and xml.etree.ElementTree use insufficient entropy for Expat hash-flooding protection, which allows a crafted XML document to trigger hash flooding.\r\n\r\nFully mitigating this vulnerability requires both updating libexpat to 2.8.0 or later and applying this patch.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
9.8(medium)
EPSS
51.9%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 11, 2026

Last Modified

June 15, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated May 16, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

oss-security - [CVE-2026-7210] Cpython: The expat and elementtree parsers use insufficient entropy for XML hash-flooding protection

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/8
generic

oss-security - Re: [CVE-2026-7210] Cpython: The expat and elementtree parsers use insufficient entropy for XML hash-flooding protection

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/13
generic

Mailman 3 [CVE-2026-7210] The expat and elementtree parsers use insufficient entropy for XML hash-flooding protection - Security-announce - python.org

https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/PNY5OMBDPM2FRUZTWFFPJ6LISWKV627K/
generic

gh-149018: Use `XML_SetHashSalt16Bytes` in `pyexpat`/`_elementtree` when possible by StanFromIreland · Pull Request #149023 · python/cpython · GitHub

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/149023
generic

[CVE-2026-7210] Insufficient entropy in `pyexpat` with protection against hash flooding · Issue #149018 · python/cpython · GitHub

https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/149018

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-7210(2)

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

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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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.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-7210?
CVE-2026-7210 is a high vulnerability published on May 11, 2026. xml.parsers.expat and xml.etree.ElementTree use insufficient entropy for Expat hash-flooding protection, which allows a crafted XML document to trigger hash flooding.\r\n\r\nFully mitigating this vulnerability requires both updating libexpat to 2.8.0 or later and applying this patch.
When was CVE-2026-7210 disclosed?
CVE-2026-7210 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 11, 2026, with the most recent update on June 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-7210 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-7210 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 51.9% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-7210?
CVE-2026-7210 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.8.
How do I remediate CVE-2026-7210?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-7210, 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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