ESB-2026.3266 — Vulnetix

ESB-2026.3266 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

=========================================================================== AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution ESB-2026.3266 libxslt security update 7 April 2026 =========================================================================== AUSCERT Security Bulletin Summary --------------------------------- Product: libxslt Publisher: Red Hat Operating System: Red Hat Resolution: Patch/Upgrade CVE Names: CVE-2023-40403 Original Bulletin: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:6499 Comment: CVSS (Max): 6.5 CVE-2023-40403 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N) CVSS Source: Red Hat Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.1#CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N EPSS (Max): 0.1% (31st) CVE-2023-40403 2026-04-02 - --------------------------BEGIN INCLUDED TEXT-------------------- RHSA-2026:6499 - Security Advisory Issued: 2026-04-02 Updated: 2026-04-02 Synopsis Libxslt security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Moderate Topic An update for libxslt is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section. Description libxslt is a library for transforming XML files into other textual formats (including HTML, plain text, and other XML representations of the underlying data) using the standard XSLT stylesheet transformation mechanism. Security Fix(es): o libxslt: Processing web content may disclose sensitive information (CVE-2023-40403) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section. Solution For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Affected Products o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 x86_64 o Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 9.6 x86_64 o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 9.6 s390x o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 9.6 ppc64le o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 9.6 aarch64 o Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 ppc64le o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 9.6 x86_64 o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 9.6 aarch64 o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 9.6 s390x o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.6 x86_64 o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Life Cycle 9.6 aarch64 o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Life Cycle 9.6 ppc64le o Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Life Cycle 9.6 s390x Fixes o BZ - 2349766 - CVE-2023-40403 libxslt: Processing web content may disclose sensitive information CVEs o CVE-2023-40403 References o https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate - --------------------------END INCLUDED TEXT---------------------- You have received this e-mail bulletin as a result of your organisation's registration with AUSCERT. 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Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Red Hat	libxslt

Timeline

Apr 7, 2026 CVE Published
Apr 7, 2026 Distribution Patch

References

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