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Fedora 43 expat Update Critical XML Parser Rebase CVE 2026-89f45c355d

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Calendar Grey May 21, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Fedora 43 expat library update addresses critical improvements and fixes for XML parsing. Detailed info inside.
Rebase to version 2.8.1

Summary

This is expat, the C library for parsing XML, written by James Clark. Expat

is a stream oriented XML parser. This means that you register handlers with

the parser prior to starting the parse. These handlers are called when the

parser discovers the associated structures in the document being parsed. A

start tag is an example of the kind of structures for which you may

register handlers.

Update Information:

Rebase to version 2.8.1

Change Log

* Tue May 12 2026 Tomas Korbar - 2.8.1-1 - Rebase to version 2.8.1 * Mon Mar 23 2026 Tomas Korbar - 2.7.5-1 - Rebase to 2.7.5 * Mon Feb 9 2026 Miro Hron\u010dok - 2.7.4-1 - Update to 2.7.4 - Enable versioned symbols - Fixes: rhbz#2435633 * Fri Jan 16 2026 Fedora Release Engineering - 2.7.3-2 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Mass_Rebuild

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2448482 - expat-2.8.1 is available https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2448482

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-89f45c355d' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: expat
Product: Fedora 43
Version: 2.8.1
Release: 1.fc43
Summary: An XML parser library

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