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🛡️ CVE-2026-41080 on Debian 12 (Root.io) — expat

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

CVE-2026-41080 in expat - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2026-41080 in the expat package for Root:Debian:12. Multiple fixed versions available.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-41080 as tracked by Debian 12 (Root.io), for the package expat. The fix is available in version 2.5.0-1+deb12u2.root.io.13; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is high, 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 low.

Weakness class

ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-41080 is classified as CWE-331: Insufficient Entropy. A generator is seeded with too little randomness, narrowing the range of outputs an attacker must search.

Affected software

ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2026-41080 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • expat (fixed in 2.5.0-1+deb12u2.root.io.13)
  • rootio-expat (fixed in 2.5.0-1+deb12u2.root.io.13)

Timeline and source

Published on 14 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

CVE-2026-41080 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-08-14
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-14
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
expat — 2.5.0-1+deb12u2.root.io.13
rootio-expat — 2.5.0-1+deb12u2.root.io.13

References

N/A

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