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🛡️ CVE-2024-28757 — active-iq-unified-manager

🟠 CVSS 7.5 — High ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-776 NVD
7.5
CVSS Score
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Description

libexpat through 2.6.1 allows an XML Entity Expansion attack when there is isolated use of external parsers (created via XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate).

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2024-28757 is classified as CWE-776: XML Entity Expansion. Nested entity definitions expand enormously when parsed, consuming memory and CPU.

Affected software

CVE-2024-28757 is recorded against 14 packages.

  • active-iq-unified-manager
  • fedora
  • h300s-firmware
  • h410c-firmware
  • h410s-firmware
  • h500s-firmware
  • h610c-firmware
  • h610s-firmware
  • h700s-firmware
  • libexpat (fixed in 2.6.2)
  • oncommand-workflow-automation
  • ontap
  • ontap-tools
  • windows-host-utilities

Timeline and source

Published on 10 March 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

www.openwall.com
github.com
github.com
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
security.netapp.com
www.openwall.com
github.com
github.com
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
lists.fedoraproject.org
security.netapp.com

Other advisories for this package

active-iq-unified-manager has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-776: XML Entity Expansion) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE CWE-776
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source NVD
Published 2024-03-10
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
active-iq-unified-manager
fedora
h300s-firmware
h410c-firmware
h410s-firmware
h500s-firmware
h610c-firmware
h610s-firmware
h700s-firmware
libexpat 2.6.2
oncommand-workflow-automation
ontap
ontap-tools
windows-host-utilities

References

Mailing List, Patch, Release Notes http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/15/1
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/839
Mailing List, Patch, Release Notes http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/15/1
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/issues/839

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