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CVE-2025-5914VulnerabilityPublished Updated

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-5914· High 7.8

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.8 High : upgrade Red Hat libarchive to 3.8.0 soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 11:07 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 40% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 3.8.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 9 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 libarchive to 3.8.0.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
libarchiveAffected
  • <3.8.0
Fixed in
  • 3.8.0
GitHublibarchivepkg:github/libarchiveOther threatsAffected
  • <3.8.0
Fixed in
  • 3.8.0

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AI-suggested

As of the advisory date, Red Hat has not released a fix for this vulnerability. In the meantime, limit local access to trusted users and avoid processing untrusted RAR archives with Red Hat Discovery. Customers with a Red Hat Technical Account Manager (TAM) can consult directly for tailored guidance. No vendor-provided mitigations or workarounds are currently documented.

Description

Red Hat Discovery, also known as Discovery, is an inspection and reporting tool that finds, identifies, and reports environment data, or facts, such as the number of physical and virtual systems on a network, their operating systems, and relevant configuration data stored within them. Discovery also identifies and reports more detailed facts for some versions of key Red Hat packages and products that it finds in the network.

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