gh-149017: Upgrade bundled Expat to 2.8.0

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2026-04-26-17-49-58.gh-issue-149017.EiVFPo.rst

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Update bundled `libexpat <https://libexpat.github.io/>`_ to version 2.8.0.

Modules/expat/expat.h

@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #ifndef Expat_INCLUDED
 #  define Expat_INCLUDED 1
 
+#  include <stdint.h> // for uint8_t
 #  include <stdlib.h>
 #  include "expat_external.h"
 
@@ -917,10 +918,21 @@ XML_SetParamEntityParsing(XML_Parser parser,
    function behavior. This must be called before parsing is started.
    Returns 1 if successful, 0 when called after parsing has started.
    Note: If parser == NULL, the function will do nothing and return 0.
+   DEPRECATED since Expat 2.8.0.
 */
 XMLPARSEAPI(int)
 XML_SetHashSalt(XML_Parser parser, unsigned long hash_salt);
 
+/* Sets the hash salt to use for internal hash calculations.
+   Helps in preventing DoS attacks based on predicting hash function behavior.
+   This must be called before parsing is started.
+   Returns XML_TRUE if successful, XML_FALSE when called after parsing has
+   started or when parser is NULL.
+   Added in Expat 2.8.0.
+*/
+XMLPARSEAPI(XML_Bool)
+XML_SetHashSalt16Bytes(XML_Parser parser, const uint8_t entropy[16]);
+
 /* If XML_Parse or XML_ParseBuffer have returned XML_STATUS_ERROR, then
    XML_GetErrorCode returns information about the error.
 */
@@ -1081,8 +1093,8 @@ XML_SetReparseDeferralEnabled(XML_Parser parser, XML_Bool enabled);
    See https://semver.org
 */
 #  define XML_MAJOR_VERSION 2
-#  define XML_MINOR_VERSION 7
-#  define XML_MICRO_VERSION 5
+#  define XML_MINOR_VERSION 8
+#  define XML_MICRO_VERSION 0
 
 #  ifdef __cplusplus
 }

Modules/expat/expat_external.h

@@ -12,9 +12,10 @@
    Copyright (c) 2001-2002 Greg Stein <gstein@users.sourceforge.net>
    Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Karl Waclawek <karl@waclawek.net>
    Copyright (c) 2016      Cristian Rodríguez <crrodriguez@opensuse.org>
-   Copyright (c) 2016-2026 Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org>
+   Copyright (c) 2016-2025 Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org>
    Copyright (c) 2017      Rhodri James <rhodri@wildebeest.org.uk>
    Copyright (c) 2018      Yury Gribov <tetra2005@gmail.com>
+   Copyright (c) 2026      Matthew Fernandez <matthew.fernandez@gmail.com>
    Licensed under the MIT license:
 
    Permission is  hereby granted,  free of charge,  to any  person obtaining
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@
 /* Expat tries very hard to make the API boundary very specifically
    defined.  There are two macros defined to control this boundary;
    each of these can be defined before including this header to
-   achieve some different behavior, but doing so it not recommended or
+   achieve some different behavior, but doing so is not recommended or
    tested frequently.
 
    XMLCALL    - The calling convention to use for all calls across the

Modules/expat/internal.h

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
    Copyright (c) 2002-2003 Fred L. Drake, Jr. <fdrake@users.sourceforge.net>
    Copyright (c) 2002-2006 Karl Waclawek <karl@waclawek.net>
    Copyright (c) 2003      Greg Stein <gstein@users.sourceforge.net>
-   Copyright (c) 2016-2025 Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org>
+   Copyright (c) 2016-2026 Sebastian Pipping <sebastian@pipping.org>
    Copyright (c) 2018      Yury Gribov <tetra2005@gmail.com>
    Copyright (c) 2019      David Loffredo <loffredo@steptools.com>
    Copyright (c) 2023-2024 Sony Corporation / Snild Dolkow <snild@sony.com>
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@
 #if defined(_WIN32)                                                            \
     && (! defined(__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO)                                      \
         || (1 - __USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO - 1 == 0))
+#  define EXPAT_FMT_LLX(midpart) "%" midpart "I64x"
 #  define EXPAT_FMT_ULL(midpart) "%" midpart "I64u"
 #  if defined(_WIN64) // Note: modifiers "td" and "zu" do not work for MinGW
 #    define EXPAT_FMT_PTRDIFF_T(midpart) "%" midpart "I64d"
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@
 #    define EXPAT_FMT_SIZE_T(midpart) "%" midpart "u"
 #  endif
 #else
+#  define EXPAT_FMT_LLX(midpart) "%" midpart "llx"
 #  define EXPAT_FMT_ULL(midpart) "%" midpart "llu"
 #  if ! defined(ULONG_MAX)
 #    error Compiler did not define ULONG_MAX for us

Modules/expat/refresh.sh

@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ fi
 
 # Update this when updating to a new version after verifying that the changes
 # the update brings in are good. These values are used for verifying the SBOM, too.
-expected_libexpat_tag="R_2_7_5"
-expected_libexpat_version="2.7.5"
-expected_libexpat_sha256="9931f9860d18e6cf72d183eb8f309bfb96196c00e1d40caa978e95bc9aa978b6"
+expected_libexpat_tag="R_2_8_0"
+expected_libexpat_version="2.8.0"
+expected_libexpat_sha256="c7cec5f60ea3a42e7780781c6745255c19aa3dbfeeae58646b7132f88dc24780"
 
 expat_dir="$(realpath "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")")"
 cd ${expat_dir}