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CVE-2025-9714VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update

Affects Red Hat libxml2Source GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 18:06 UTC

Severity
Medium

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

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 28 Apr 2026

  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 an official security update for libxml2 in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:11349. Details on applying the update are available at https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are required beyond applying the official patch.

Description

A moderate severity vulnerability (CVE-2025-9714) in the libxml2 library affects the exsltDynMapFunction function in libexslt/dynamic.c, causing infinite recursion. This issue is addressed by a security update from Red Hat for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. The vulnerability relates to the libxslt component of libxml2 and may impact XML processing.

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