A flaw was found in libxml2. Exponential entity expansion attack its possible bypassing all existing protection mechanisms and leading to denial of service.
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2669-1 libxml2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-26852 A flaw was found in libxml2. Exponential entity expansion attack its possible bypassing all existing protection mechanisms and leading to denial of service.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4991-1 libxml2 vulnerabilities
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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-14T09:49:46.010Z

Reserved: 2021-05-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-3541

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-07-09T17:15:07.973

Modified: 2026-10-14T10:17:45.397

Link: CVE-2021-3541

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2021-05-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2021-3541 - Bugzilla

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