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CVE-2025-5914VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: libarchive security update

Affects Red Hat libarchiveSource GCVE Database

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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, 09:15 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

Red Hat has released official security updates for libarchive that fix this double free vulnerability. Users of affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 and 9 Extended Lifecycle Support versions should apply the provided libarchive package updates as detailed in Red Hat advisories RHSA-2025:14828 and RHSA-2025:14130. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying these official 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: Double free at archive_read_format_rar_seek_data() in archive_read_support_format_rar.c (CVE-2025-5914) 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.

References

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