CVE-2025-25724VulnerabilityPublished 24 Jun 2025Updated 11 Oct 2026

SUSE · security update for libarchive

Affects SUSESource GCVE Database

Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

Severity

Medium

Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 30% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 24 Jun 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 2026-10-25.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

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What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
SUSE Product Security Team SUSE	Affected >=9.4 <=9.4.1 >=10.0 <=10.2 Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) src SUSE i686 libarchive-0:3.5.3-5.el9_6.i686 libarchive-devel-0:3.5.3-5.el9_6.i686 x86_64	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released official security updates for libarchive in Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 9 and 10. Users should apply these updates promptly following the guidance in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:9420 and RHSA-2025:9431. Detailed update instructions are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigations are specified or required beyond applying the vendor-provided patches.

Description

The libarchive programming library can create and read several different streaming archive formats, including GNU tar, cpio, and ISO 9660 CD-ROM images. Libarchive is used notably in the bsdtar utility, scripting language bindings such as python-libarchive, and several popular desktop file managers. Security Fix(es): * libarchive: Buffer Overflow vulnerability in libarchive (CVE-2025-25724) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Impact

The buffer overflow vulnerability in libarchive could allow an attacker to cause memory corruption, potentially leading to denial of service or other unintended behavior when processing crafted archive files. However, no known exploits in the wild have been reported. The impact is rated moderate by the vendor.

Summary

The libarchive library, used in utilities like bsdtar and scripting language bindings, contains a buffer overflow vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-25724. This flaw could potentially lead to memory corruption when processing certain archive formats. Red Hat has released security updates for Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 9 and 10 to address this vulnerability. The advisory rates the security impact as moderate and provides updated packages for multiple architectures including x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64.

CWE-252Unchecked Return Value (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: LowOWASP Top 10 A10:2025: Mishandling of Exceptional Conditions (opens in a new tab)
The product does not check the return value from a method or function, which can prevent it from detecting unexpected states and conditions.
Implementation
Check the results of all functions that return a value and verify that the value is expected.
Implementation
For any pointers that could have been modified or provided from a function that can return NULL, check the pointer for NULL before use. When working with a multithreaded or otherwise asynchronous environment, ensure that proper locking APIs are used to lock before the check, and unlock when it has finished.
Implementation
Ensure that you account for all possible return values from the function.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Logging (opens in a new tab)
Error Handling (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V11.1.7 (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 7 Aug 2026, 00:57 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-252

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