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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-102633

🗓️ 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
nessus
 nessus
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Integer overflow in libexpat expat_realloc() on 32-bit platforms causes DoS or memory corruption.

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cve
CVE
CVE-2026-102633
29 Sep 202616:04
–cve
cvelist
Cvelist
CVE-2026-102633 libexpat 2.7.2 through 2.8.5 Integer Overflow in expat_realloc
29 Sep 202616:04
–cvelist
debiancve
Debian CVE
CVE-2026-102633
29 Sep 202616:04
–debiancve
euvd
EUVD
EUVD-2026-89028
29 Sep 202616:04
–euvd
nvd
NVD
CVE-2026-102633
29 Sep 202617:17
–nvd
osv
OSV
AZL-105048 CVE-2026-102633 affecting package expat 2.8.3-2
29 Sep 202617:17
–osv
osv
OSV
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-102633
29 Sep 202617:17
–osv
osv
OSV
ECHO-C3AA-D0C7-EAA9
30 Sep 202607:35
–osv
redhatcve
RedhatCVE
CVE-2026-102633
29 Sep 202617:24
–redhatcve
ubuntucve
UbuntuCve
CVE-2026-102633
29 Sep 202617:17
–ubuntucve
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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  - libexpat versions 2.7.2 through 2.8.5 contain an integer overflow vulnerability in expat_realloc()
    function on 32-bit platforms when computing allocation sizes. Attackers supplying malicious XML to
    applications parsing with vulnerable libexpat can cause heap buffer overflow, memory corruption, or denial
    of service. (CVE-2026-102633)

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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-12": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "12",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "expat"},
          {"reference": "libexpat1"},
          {"reference": "libexpat1-dev"},
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  "Debian Linux-13": {
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  "Debian Linux-14": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
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        "release": "14",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "expat"},
          {"reference": "libexpat1"},
          {"reference": "libexpat1-dev"},
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  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-10": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "10",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "expat"},
          {"reference": "expat-devel"},
          {"reference": "firefox"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "expat"},
          {"reference": "expat-devel"},
          {"reference": "expat-static"},
          {"reference": "firefox"}
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  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "expat"},
          {"reference": "expat-devel"},
          {"reference": "expat-static"},
          {"reference": "firefox"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-8": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "8",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "expat"},
          {"reference": "expat-devel"},
          {"reference": "firefox"},
          {"reference": "mingw-expat"},
          {"reference": "mingw32-expat"},
          {"reference": "mingw64-expat"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird"},
          {"reference": "xmlrpc-c"},
          {"reference": "xmlrpc-c-c++"},
          {"reference": "xmlrpc-c-client"},
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  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-8": {
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          {"reference": "expat"},
          {"reference": "expat-devel"},
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          {"reference": "firefox-x11"},
          {"reference": "thunderbird"}
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  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');

var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_support)) {
    var third_party_vendors = distro_constraints_values['third_party'];
    if (!empty_or_null(third_party_vendors)) {
        var vendor;
        foreach vendor (third_party_vendors) {
            if (vendor == third_party_support) exit(0, 'A third party management patch is available for this vulnerability from ' + vendor + '.\n');
        }
    }
}

var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}

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30 Sep 2026 00:00Current
6.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.2
CVSS 3.15.9
CVSS 48.2
EPSS0.00348
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