# CVE-2026-72522: CVE-2026-72522

Status: published. Published: 2026-08-10. Updated: 2026-11-10.

libexpat before 2.8.3 has an out-of-bounds read and resultant infinite loop because low surrogates are treated the same as high surrogates during Unicode processing in the *_toUtf16 functions.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- libexpat project / libexpat: ≥ 0; < 2.8.3 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: mitre
- Siemens / SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0): ≥ V3.1.7; < * (affected, custom). Source: ADP: siemens-SADP
- Siemens / SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4AX00-1AC0): ≥ V3.1.7; < * (affected, custom). Source: ADP: siemens-SADP
- Siemens / SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AB0): ≥ V3.1.7; < * (affected, custom). Source: ADP: siemens-SADP
- Siemens / SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP (6ES7518-4FX00-1AC0): ≥ V3.1.7; < * (affected, custom). Source: ADP: siemens-SADP
- Siemens / SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP (6AG1518-4AX00-4AC0): ≥ V3.1.7; < * (affected, custom). Source: ADP: siemens-SADP

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 6.2 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H; source: CNA: mitre

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.19% as of 2026-11-09; percentile 8.81%

- SSVC: exploitation none; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-125

## Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

## References

- https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/1296 (CNA: mitre)

- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2053153 (CNA: mitre)

- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/08/11/5 (ADP: CVE)

- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html (ADP: siemens-SADP)

## Provenance

- CNA: mitre: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72522; retrieved 2026-11-10; source updated 2026-11-10

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-72522; retrieved 2026-11-10; source updated Not reported

Revision: 404fea4a400d671ac6d15b517f8affcd397e92d8b0ca8459994b00158a58cd7c

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-72522

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