CVE-2026-93990: CVE-2026-93990 - Expat through 2.8.4 fails to validate low surrogates following high surrogates in UTF-16 input, allowing malformed UTF-1
Expat through 2.8.4 fails to validate low surrogates following high surrogates in UTF-16 input, allowing malformed UTF-16 sequences to be accepted. Attackers can craft UTF-16 encod... This is a high threat mapped to CVE-2026-93990; security leaders should validate exposure, prioritize patching, and verify compensati...
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