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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 7 May 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 affected Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 variants that addresses this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as described in the Red Hat advisory RHSA-2026:14832 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258. No additional mitigation steps are indicated beyond applying the provided 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 8.4 variants. The vulnerability relates to the libxslt component of libxml2.

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