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CVE-2025-25724VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: libarchive security update

Affects Red Hat libarchiveSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 18:36 UTC

Severity
Medium

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

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 24 Jun 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: 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 5 Nov 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated libarchive packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its extended update support versions. Users should apply these official updates as described in the Red Hat advisory (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) to remediate the vulnerability. No additional mitigation steps are indicated or required beyond applying the provided patches.

Description

A buffer overflow vulnerability (CVE-2025-25724) has been identified in the libarchive programming library, which is used to create and read various streaming archive formats. This vulnerability affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 and its extended update support versions across multiple architectures. Red Hat has issued a security advisory and released updates to address this issue. The vulnerability is rated as having moderate security impact.

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