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Libxml2 CVE-2025-8732

LOW
Improper Resource Shutdown or Release (CWE-404)
2025-08-08 cna@vuldb.com
1.9
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: vuldb

Severity by source

Vendor (vuldb) PRIMARY
1.9 LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
SUSE
1.7 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Red Hat
3.3 LOW
qualitative

Primary rating from Vendor (vuldb).

CVSS VectorVendor: vuldb

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
X

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Severity Changed
Apr 29, 2026 - 01:11 NVD
MEDIUM LOW
CVSS changed
Apr 29, 2026 - 01:11 NVD
4.8 (MEDIUM) 1.9 (LOW)
Patch released
Apr 09, 2026 - 08:30 nvd
Patch available
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 19:05 vuln.today
CVE Published
Aug 08, 2025 - 17:15 nvd
MEDIUM 4.8

DescriptionCVE.org

A vulnerability was found in libxml2 up to 2.14.5. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function xmlParseSGMLCatalog of the component xmlcatalog. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled recursion. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The code maintainer explains, that "[t]he issue can only be triggered with untrusted SGML catalogs and it makes absolutely no sense to use untrusted catalogs. I also doubt that anyone is still using SGML catalogs at all."

AnalysisAI

A vulnerability was found in libxml2 up to 2.14.5. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-404. A vulnerability was found in libxml2 up to 2.14.5. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function xmlParseSGMLCatalog of the component xmlcatalog. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled recursion. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The code maintainer explains, that "[t]he issue can only be triggered with untrusted SGML catalogs and it makes absolutely no sense to use untrusted catalogs. I also doubt that anyone is still using SGML catalogs at all." Version information: up to 2.14.5..

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Low
Product Status
Container private-registry/harbor-portal:1.1.1-1.29 Container suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/proxy-httpd:5.1.2.8.15.2 Container suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/proxy-salt-broker:5.1.2.9.13.2 Container suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/proxy-squid:5.1.2.8.13.1 Container suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/server-migration-14-16:5.1.2.8.13.1 Container suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/server-postgresql:5.1.2.6.13.1 Container suse/multi-linux-manager/5.1/x86_64/server-saline:5.1.2.9.13.1 Image SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun Image SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GDC Image SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud Image SLES15-SP7-GCE-3P Image SLES15-SP7-HPC-BYOS-EC2 Image proxy-httpd-image Image proxy-salt-broker-image Image proxy-squid-image Image server-database-migration-image Image server-image Image server-postgresql-image Image server-saline-image Affected
Container suse/ltss/sle12.5/sles12sp5:8.5.154 Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-HPC-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-HPC-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-Standard-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-ECS-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-EC2-On-Demand Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-BYOS Image SLES12-SP5-GCE-On-Demand Affected
Container suse/manager/4.3/proxy-httpd:4.3.16.1.9.70.10 Affected
Container suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/proxy-httpd:latest Affected
Container suse/manager/5.0/x86_64/server:latest Affected

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