Expat 2.8.0 released, includes security fixes

For readers new to Expat: libexpat is a fast streaming XML parser. Alongside libxml2, Expat is one of the most widely used software libre XML parsers written in C, specifically C99. It is cross-platform and licensed under the MIT license . Expat 2.8.0 was released two days ago. The key motivation for cutting a release and doing so now was: Addressing security issue CVE-2026-41080 — insufficient…