CVE-2026-72522

CVE

Threat entity extracted from intelligence sources

Frequency

occurrences

First Seen

August 31, 2026

Last Seen

September 3, 2026

API

Exploited in Wild

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Ransomware Use

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Public Exploits

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Attack Vector

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Vulnerability Overview

Exploitation Activity

Exploitation Intelligence

Debian LTS Security Updates Address Critical Vulnerabilities in Expat and Libass45.9

Debian has released security updates for two libraries, Expat and Libass, addressing multiple vulnerabilities. The Expat library has several CVEs, including CVE-2026-56403 to CVE-2026-56412, which involve use-after-free issues and integer overflows, potentially leading to denial of service. The Liba...

Fedora 43 and 44 mingw-expat Denial of Service Vulnerability Update45.9

Fedora has released updates for mingw-expat to address a Denial of Service vulnerability identified as CVE-2026-72522. This vulnerability arises from improper handling of Unicode surrogate pairs, potentially allowing attackers to disrupt services. The affected versions are expat-2.8.2 and earlier, w...