🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-77643

MEDIUM 4.4
CVSS Score
4.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

A cross-site scripting vulnerability in queryparser/termgenerator_internal.cc in Xapian xapian-core before 2.1.0 and before 1.4.32 exists due to incomplete HTML escaping by Xapian::MSet::snippet(). NOTE: this issue exists because of a missed corner case of CVE-2018-0499.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor xapian
Product xapian-core
Published Aug 20, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

Affected Versions

Xapian / xapian-core
2.0.0 < 2.1.0 0 < 1.4.32

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
bugs.debian.org: https://bugs.debian.org/1144490 lists.xapian.org: https://lists.xapian.org/pipermail/xapian-devel/2026-August/003429.html trac.xapian.org: https://trac.xapian.org/wiki/SecurityFixes/2018-07-02#a2026-08-13update