Google: dev-libs/expat: security update to 18244.1.7

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 450524

Description

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

- 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)

Solution

Update the dev-libs/expat library and its related packages to version 18244.1.7 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 450524

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: HIGH

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-2023-52425

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: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-52425

Detections

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