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Vulnerability details: VCID-7ndj-4zn8-cqa4
Vulnerability ID VCID-7ndj-4zn8-cqa4
Aliases CVE-2023-52425
Summary expat: parsing large tokens can trigger a denial of service
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.8
Risk 3.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-52425.json
epss 0.01552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-52425
epss 0.01552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-52425
epss 0.01552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-52425
epss 0.01552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-52425
epss 0.01552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-52425
epss 0.01552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-52425
epss 0.01552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-52425
epss 0.01552 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-52425
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/789
ssvc Track https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/789
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00006.html
ssvc Track https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00006.html
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNRIHC7DVVRAIWFRGV23Y6UZXFBXSQDB/
ssvc Track https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNRIHC7DVVRAIWFRGV23Y6UZXFBXSQDB/
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNUBSGZFEZOBHJFTAD42SAN4ATW2VEMV/
ssvc Track https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNUBSGZFEZOBHJFTAD42SAN4ATW2VEMV/
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240614-0003/
ssvc Track https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240614-0003/
cvssv3.1 7.5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5
ssvc Track http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-52425.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-52425
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-52425
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1063238 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1063238
2262877 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2262877
5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5
789 https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/789
msg00006.html https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00006.html
ntap-20240614-0003 https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240614-0003/
PNRIHC7DVVRAIWFRGV23Y6UZXFBXSQDB https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNRIHC7DVVRAIWFRGV23Y6UZXFBXSQDB/
RHSA-2024:1530 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1530
RHSA-2024:1615 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1615
RHSA-2024:2575 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2575
RHSA-2024:2839 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2839
RHSA-2024:3926 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3926
RHSA-2024:4259 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:4259
RHSA-2025:22035 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22035
RHSA-2025:22785 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22785
RHSA-2025:22871 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:22871
RHSA-2025:3453 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:3453
USN-6694-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6694-1/
WNUBSGZFEZOBHJFTAD42SAN4ATW2VEMV https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNUBSGZFEZOBHJFTAD42SAN4ATW2VEMV/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-52425.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/789
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-26T19:20:56Z/ Found at https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/789
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00006.html
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-26T19:20:56Z/ Found at https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00006.html
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNRIHC7DVVRAIWFRGV23Y6UZXFBXSQDB/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-26T19:20:56Z/ Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PNRIHC7DVVRAIWFRGV23Y6UZXFBXSQDB/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNUBSGZFEZOBHJFTAD42SAN4ATW2VEMV/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-26T19:20:56Z/ Found at https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WNUBSGZFEZOBHJFTAD42SAN4ATW2VEMV/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240614-0003/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-26T19:20:56Z/ Found at https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240614-0003/
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-08-26T19:20:56Z/ Found at http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.81365
EPSS Score 0.01552
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:50:00.168260+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-52425.json 38.0.0