#VU123128 Incorrect Regular Expression in fast-xml-parser - CVE-2026-25896
Published: February 23, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU123128
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:H/SA:N/E:P/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-25896
CWE-ID: CWE-185
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
fast-xml-parser
fast-xml-parser
Software vendor:
Natural Intelligence
Natural Intelligence
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient input validation when processing regular expressions in DOCTYPE entity names. A remote attacker can bypass the XML entity encoding.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.