CVE-2025-10911: Expired Pointer Dereference
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in libxslt while parsing xsl nodes that may lead to the dereference of expired pointers and application crash.
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Technical Summary
A use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2025-10911) exists in libxslt when parsing XSL nodes, leading to dereferencing expired pointers and causing application crashes. This affects libxslt versions including 0 and versions from 1.1.32 up to but not including 1.1.45. Red Hat has published security advisories and released updated libxslt packages (version 1.1.45-0.1.hum1) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and Hardened Images that fix this issue. The vulnerability is rated medium severity with a CVSS 3.1 score of 5.5, impacting availability (application crash) but not confidentiality or integrity. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability can cause application crashes due to use-after-free pointer dereferences during XSLT processing, impacting availability. There is no reported impact on confidentiality or integrity. No known exploits in the wild have been documented.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates fixing this vulnerability in libxslt version 1.1.45-0.1.hum1 and later. Users should apply these updates as provided in Red Hat advisories RHSA-2026:11015 and RHSA-2026:26355. Patch status is confirmed with official fixes available. No additional mitigation beyond applying the vendor-provided patches is required.
CVE-2025-10911: Expired Pointer Dereference
Description
A use-after-free vulnerability was found in libxslt while parsing xsl nodes that may lead to the dereference of expired pointers and application crash.
CVSS v3.1
Score 5.5medium
Affected software
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
A use-after-free vulnerability (CVE-2025-10911) exists in libxslt when parsing XSL nodes, leading to dereferencing expired pointers and causing application crashes. This affects libxslt versions including 0 and versions from 1.1.32 up to but not including 1.1.45. Red Hat has published security advisories and released updated libxslt packages (version 1.1.45-0.1.hum1) for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 and Hardened Images that fix this issue. The vulnerability is rated medium severity with a CVSS 3.1 score of 5.5, impacting availability (application crash) but not confidentiality or integrity. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability can cause application crashes due to use-after-free pointer dereferences during XSLT processing, impacting availability. There is no reported impact on confidentiality or integrity. No known exploits in the wild have been documented.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released official security updates fixing this vulnerability in libxslt version 1.1.45-0.1.hum1 and later. Users should apply these updates as provided in Red Hat advisories RHSA-2026:11015 and RHSA-2026:26355. Patch status is confirmed with official fixes available. No additional mitigation beyond applying the vendor-provided patches is required.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.1
- Assigner Short Name
- redhat
- Date Reserved
- 2025-09-24T12:45:24.913Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:11015","vendor":"Red Hat"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-10911","vendor":"Red Hat"}]
Threat ID: 68d59bc858afd90a7d662e29
Added to database: 09/25/2025, 19:45:12 UTC
Last enriched: 07/23/2026, 21:23:02 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:49 UTC
Views: 264
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