The xmlwf tool in libexpat through 2.10.0 contains a symlink following vulnerability because -d output mode opens files with fopen("wb"),…
CVE-2026-128241
The xmlwf tool in libexpat through 2.10.0 contains a symlink following vulnerability because -d output mode opens files with fopen("wb"), which follows symbolic links. Local attackers with write access to the output directory can plant a symlink at the expected output name to truncate or overwrite files writable by the xmlwf user.
Assessment
- CVSS
- 4.1 (v4.0)
- Severity
- Medium
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 13 November 2026
- Last updated
- 13 November 2026
- Affected
- libexpat project · libexpat
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
CVSS vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
At the source
References
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1502
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/R_2_10_0/expat/xmlwf/xmlwf.c#L1272-L1275
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/R_2_10_0/expat/xmlwf/xmlwf.c#L1338-L1347
- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libexpat-xmlwf-through-2.10.0-symlink-following-via-d-output-directory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-128241
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