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 9.2 and related products that address this vulnerability. Users should apply these official updates as detailed in Red Hat advisory RHSA-2025:22162 and the referenced article https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 to remediate the issue.
Description
A security vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-9714 affects the libxml2 library, specifically causing infinite recursion in the exsltDynMapFunction function within libexslt/dynamic.c. This issue has been rated as having moderate security impact by Red Hat. An update addressing this vulnerability is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.2 and related products.