quick-xml 0.40.1
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PkgFire would install this release with a warning.·Checked 14 hours ago·Published 15 May 2026
Why
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warnVulnerability
Quadratic run time when checking a start tag for duplicate attribute names (fixed in 0.41.0)
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warnVulnerability
Unbounded namespace-declaration allocation in `NsReader` enables memory-exhaustion denial of service (fixed in 0.41.0)
What the code does
On its own this is weak signal: plenty of honest libraries read files or talk to the network. What PkgFire watches is a release gaining something the one before it did not.
Source patterns
Patterns found in the source, including those malware is known to use.
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