Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update
Affects Red Hat libxml2Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 18:18 UTC
Rated by Threat Radar · No CVSS score from NVD or the CNA
Exploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 26 Nov 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: 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 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Red Hat has released updated libxml2 packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions that fix this vulnerability. Users should apply the provided security update as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:22177 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated or required beyond applying the official patch.
Description
A moderate severity vulnerability (CVE-2025-9714) in the libxml2 library's libxslt component causes infinite recursion in the exsltDynMapFunction function. This issue affects Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Update Services for SAP Solutions on multiple architectures. Red Hat has released an update to address this vulnerability.