# RHSA-2025:12450: Security update for 3 packages

RHSA-2025:12450, released July 31, 2025, fixes 1 CVE across 3 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

- Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/fix/linux/rhsa-2025-12450
- Platform: Linux
- Released: Jul 31, 2025
- Priority: High (Closes CVE-2025-7425, high severity)
- CVEs: 1, exploited: 0, on CISA KEV: 0
- Vendor advisory: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:12450

## Applies to

| Product | Release | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| [libxml2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/libxml2.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.2 |
| [libxml2-devel](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/libxml2-devel.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.2 |
| [python3-libxml2](https://patchblox.com/security/data/product/linux/python3-libxml2.md) | RHEL 8 | 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.2 |

## CVEs this fix closes

| CVE | Priority | Title | CVSS | EPSS | Exploitation |
|---|---|---|---:|---:|---|
| [CVE-2025-7425](https://patchblox.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2025-7425.md) | High | Libxslt: heap use-after-free in libxslt caused by atype corruption in xmlattrptr | 7.8 | 0.0044 |  |

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