libxml2: Uncontrolled recursion in XPath evaluation in libxml2 up to and includingversion 2.9.14 allows a local attacker to ca...
CVE-2025-9714 is fixed in 6 products on 1 platform, first by libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm5, released September 3, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.
Uncontrolled recursion in XPath evaluation in libxml2 up to and includingversion 2.9.14 allows a local attacker to cause a stack overflow viacrafted expressions. XPath processing functions `xmlXPathRunEval`,`xmlXPathCtxtCompile`, and `xmlXPathEvalExpr` were resetting recursiondepth to zero before making potentially recursive calls. When suchfunctions were called recursively this could allow for uncontrolledrecursion and lead to a stack overflow. These functions now preserverecursion depth across recursive calls, allowing recursion depth to becontrolled.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| libxml2 · Debian 11.6 (bullseye) | 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u9 | DLA-4319-1 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| libxml2 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3~deb12u5 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-9714 | Sep 10, 2025 |
| libxml2 · Debian 13.5 (trixie) | 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-2.1+deb13u2 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-9714 | Sep 10, 2025 |
| libxml2 · Debian 14 | 2.14.5+dfsg-0.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2025-9714 | Sep 10, 2025 |
| libxml2 · RHEL 8 | 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.4 | RHSA-2026:11349 | Apr 30, 2026 |
| libxml2 · RHEL 9 | 0:2.9.13-14.el9_7 | RHSA-2025:22376 | Dec 1, 2025 |
| libxml2 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm5 | libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm5 | Sep 3, 2025 |
| libxml2 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.10+esm2 | libxml2 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.10+esm2 | Sep 3, 2025 |
| libxml2 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.9 | libxml2 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.9 | Sep 3, 2025 |
| libxml2 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.5 | libxml2 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.5 | Sep 3, 2025 |
| libxml2 · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) | 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.4ubuntu0.3 | libxml2 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.4ubuntu0.3 | Sep 4, 2025 |
| libxml2 · almalinux 8 | 2.9.7-21.el8_10.8 | ALSA-2026:69655 | Sep 21, 2026 |
| libxml2 · almalinux 9 | 2.9.13-14.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:22376 | Dec 1, 2025 |
| libxml2 · ol 8 | 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.4 | ELSA-2026-11349 | Apr 28, 2026 |
| libxml2 · ol 9 | 0:2.9.13-14.el9_7 | ELSA-2025-22376 | Dec 1, 2025 |
| libxml2 · rocky 8 | 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.4 | RLSA-2026:11349 | Apr 29, 2026 |
| libxml2 · rocky 9 | 0:2.9.13-14.el9_7 | RLSA-2025:22376 | Dec 2, 2025 |
| libxml2-devel · RHEL 8 | 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.4 | RHSA-2026:11349 | Apr 30, 2026 |
| libxml2-devel · RHEL 9 | 0:2.9.13-14.el9_7 | RHSA-2025:22376 | Dec 1, 2025 |
| libxml2-devel · almalinux 8 | 2.9.7-21.el8_10.8 | ALSA-2026:69655 | Sep 21, 2026 |
| libxml2-devel · almalinux 9 | 2.9.13-14.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:22376 | Dec 1, 2025 |
| libxml2-devel · ol 8 | 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.4 | ELSA-2026-11349 | Apr 28, 2026 |
| libxml2-devel · ol 9 | 0:2.9.13-14.el9_7 | ELSA-2025-22376 | Dec 1, 2025 |
| libxml2-utils · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm5 | libxml2-utils 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm5 | Sep 3, 2025 |
| libxml2-utils · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.10+esm2 | libxml2-utils 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.10+esm2 | Sep 3, 2025 |
| libxml2-utils · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.9 | libxml2-utils 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.9 | Sep 3, 2025 |
| libxml2-utils · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.5 | libxml2-utils 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.5 | Sep 3, 2025 |
| libxml2-utils · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) | 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.4ubuntu0.3 | libxml2-utils 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.4ubuntu0.3 | Sep 4, 2025 |
| python-libxml2 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm5 | python-libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm5 | Sep 3, 2025 |
| python-libxml2 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.10+esm2 | python-libxml2 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.10+esm2 | Sep 3, 2025 |
| python-libxml2-python · opensuse-leap 15.6 | 2.9.7-150000.3.88.1 | SUSE-SU-2025:4115-1 | Nov 17, 2025 |
| python3-libxml2 · RHEL 8 | 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.4 | RHSA-2026:11349 | Apr 30, 2026 |
| python3-libxml2 · RHEL 9 | 0:2.9.13-14.el9_7 | RHSA-2025:22376 | Dec 1, 2025 |
| python3-libxml2 · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) | 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm5 | python3-libxml2 2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm5 | Sep 3, 2025 |
| python3-libxml2 · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) | 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.10+esm2 | python3-libxml2 2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.10+esm2 | Sep 3, 2025 |
| python3-libxml2 · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) | 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.9 | python3-libxml2 2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.9 | Sep 3, 2025 |
| python3-libxml2 · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) | 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.5 | python3-libxml2 2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.5 | Sep 3, 2025 |
| python3-libxml2 · Ubuntu 25.04 (plucky) | 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.4ubuntu0.3 | python3-libxml2 2.12.7+dfsg+really2.9.14-0.4ubuntu0.3 | Sep 4, 2025 |
| python3-libxml2 · almalinux 8 | 2.9.7-21.el8_10.8 | ALSA-2026:69655 | Sep 21, 2026 |
| python3-libxml2 · almalinux 9 | 2.9.13-14.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:22376 | Dec 1, 2025 |
| python3-libxml2 · ol 8 | 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.4 | ELSA-2026-11349 | Apr 28, 2026 |
| python3-libxml2 · ol 9 | 0:2.9.13-14.el9_7 | ELSA-2025-22376 | Dec 1, 2025 |
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