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CVE-2024-50602

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-10-27 · updated 2026-10-15
• Weakness: CWE-754

Description

An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.4. There is a crash within the XML_ResumeParser function because XML_StopParser can stop/suspend an unstarted parser.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 11.0
• libexpat project libexpat: before 2.6.4 — fixed in 2.6.4
• Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows: all versions
• NetApp H300S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H410C Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H410S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H500S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp H700S Firmware: all versions
• NetApp Hci Compute Node: all versions
• NetApp Solidfire & Hci Management Node: all versions
• NetApp Solidfire & Hci Storage Node: all versions
• NetApp Windows Host Utilities: all versions

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: libexpat project libexpat 2.6.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/pull/915
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/04/msg00040.html
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250404-0008/
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-202008.html
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-355557.html
• https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-398330.html

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