CVE-2025-9714

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.

Routine
CVSS
6.2
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0016
5th percentile

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

ProductFixed inFixReleased
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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