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CVE-2025-12748: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 libvirt · Unthrottled Resource Allocation

Affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 libvirtSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 15:59 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 12% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 11 Nov 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Red Hatredhat/libvirtpkg:rpm/redhat/libvirtOther threatsAffected
  • =0
  • >=9.0 <=9.8
  • >=10.0 <=10.2
Fixed in–

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AI-suggested

Red Hat has released official security updates for libvirt that address CVE-2025-12748. Users should apply the updated libvirt packages provided in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.8 and 10.2 or later to remediate this vulnerability. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are required once the update is applied.

Description

A flaw was discovered in libvirt in the XML file processing. More specifically, the parsing of user provided XML files was performed before the ACL checks. A malicious user with limited permissions could exploit this flaw by submitting a specially crafted XML file, causing libvirt to allocate too much memory on the host. The excessive memory consumption could lead to a libvirt process crash on the host, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

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