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CVE-2025-49796: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · Out-of-bounds Read

Affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 9.1 Critical : upgrade Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 to 2.15.0 as a priority.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 12:29 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
9.1Critical
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
1.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 75% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 2.15.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 16 Jun 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

Upgrade libxml2 to 2.15.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
libxml2Affected
  • <2.15.0
Fixed in
  • 2.15.0

AI-suggested

Official patches are available from Red Hat for affected libxml2 versions. Users should apply the security updates provided in Red Hat advisories RHSA-2025:10630 and RHSA-2025:10698 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 and 8 respectively. These updates address CVE-2025-49796 along with related libxml2 vulnerabilities. Applying these vendor-provided fixes is the recommended remediation. There is no indication that the issue is already mitigated or requires no action.

Description

A vulnerability was found in libxml2. Processing certain sch:name elements from the input XML file can trigger a memory corruption issue. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious XML input file that can lead libxml to crash, resulting in a denial of service or other possible undefined behavior due to sensitive data being corrupted in memory.

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