Bottlerocket: libexpat: security update to 2.4.1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 427968

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.3. xmlparse.c does not reject a negative length for
XML_ParseBuffer. (CVE-2024-45490)

Solution

Update the libexpat library and its related packages to version 2.4.1 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 427968

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: Bottlerocket Local Security Checks

Published: 6/30/2025

Updated: 10/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

Percentile: 95.76

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-45490

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/30/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-45490

IAVA: 2024-A-0543-S

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