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Message-ID: <507454a1-f73a-4c33-a1f1-841d25ad9e1c@pipping.org>
Date: Sun, 26 Apr 2026 18:17:36 +0200
From: Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@...ping.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: libexpat 2.8.0 fixes CVE-2026-41080 (insufficient entropy)

Hello oss-security,


just a quick note that libexpat 2.8.0 (or "Expat 2.8.0") released
two days ago is fixing CVE-2026-41080.

Some key links are:

- The blog post about it
   https://blog.hartwork.org/posts/expat-2-8-0-released/

- The change log of release 2.8.0
   https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/blob/R_2_8_0/expat/Changes

- The fixing pull request
   https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1183

- The official CVE metadata
   https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41080

Best



Sebastian

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