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.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2025-10911 is a use-after-free vulnerability in libxslt related to key data stored cross-RVT. libxslt is a library for transforming XML files into other textual formats using XSLT. Red Hat Product Security has released an update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to fix this issue, which is rated as having moderate security impact. The advisory includes updated libxslt packages for multiple architectures and variants of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, including Extended Update Support and Extended Life Cycle versions. The vulnerability is tracked under Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:28243.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows use-after-free conditions in libxslt, which could lead to memory corruption. This may affect applications relying on libxslt for XML transformations, potentially causing crashes or other unintended behavior. Red Hat rates the security impact as moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated libxslt packages that fix this vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its variants should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:28243 and the update instructions at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying the official update is the recommended remediation. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
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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Technical Analysis
CVE-2025-10911 is a use-after-free vulnerability in libxslt related to key data stored cross-RVT. libxslt is a library for transforming XML files into other textual formats using XSLT. Red Hat Product Security has released an update for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 to fix this issue, which is rated as having moderate security impact. The advisory includes updated libxslt packages for multiple architectures and variants of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, including Extended Update Support and Extended Life Cycle versions. The vulnerability is tracked under Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:28243.
Potential Impact
The vulnerability allows use-after-free conditions in libxslt, which could lead to memory corruption. This may affect applications relying on libxslt for XML transformations, potentially causing crashes or other unintended behavior. Red Hat rates the security impact as moderate. There are no known exploits in the wild reported at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated libxslt packages that fix this vulnerability. Users of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its variants should apply the security update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:28243 and the update instructions at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. Applying the official update is the recommended remediation. No additional mitigation steps are indicated by the vendor.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2026:28243
- Cve Count
- 1
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
Threat ID: 6a3c0ceeeed863c81e2383f5
Added to database: 06/24/2026, 16:59:26 UTC
Last enriched: 06/24/2026, 17:02:13 UTC
Last updated: 09/14/2026, 22:01:27 UTC
Views: 119
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