CVE-2024-28757: libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate).
Overview
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CVSS Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Exploit Status
- Not Exploited
- Patch Tuesday
- 2024-Mar
- Released
- 2024-06-30
- Last Updated
- 2026-02-18
- EPSS Score
- 1.20% (percentile: 78.9%)
FAQ
Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability?
One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this blog post for more information. If impact to additional products is identified, we will update the CVE to reflect this.
Detection & Weaponization (1 sources)
Maturity: Exploit
- GitHub PoC: 3 repositories
Affected Products (10)
Other
- 17399-16823
- 17783-17084
- 19901-17086
- 19681-17086
- 17098-17086
- 19756-17086
- 17464-17084
- 19906-17084
- 17545-17084
- 18576-17086
Revision History
- 2024-06-30: Information published.
- 2025-02-27: Added expat to CBL-Mariner 2.0
Added expat to Azure Linux 3.0
- 2025-03-14: Added python3 to Azure Linux 3.0
Added expat to Azure Linux 3.0
Added expat to CBL-Mariner 2.0
- 2026-02-18: Information published.