Red Hat Enterprise Linux/OpenShift Container Platform libxslt expired pointer dereference

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift Container Platform. This affects an unknown part of the component libxslt. The manipulation leads to expired pointer dereference. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-10911. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and OpenShift Container Platform (version now known) and classified as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component libxslt. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a expired pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-825. The product dereferences a pointer that contains a location for memory that was previously valid, but is no longer valid. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in libxslt while parsing xsl nodes that may lead to the dereference of expired pointers and application crash.

The advisory is shared at access.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-10911 since 09/24/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/03/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 266126 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-10911), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (266126). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.9

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VulDB Temp Score: 4.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Expired pointer dereference
CWE: CWE-825
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 266126
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-10911

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

09/24/2025 CVE reserved
09/25/2025 +1 days Advisory disclosed
09/25/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/03/2025 +8 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: redhat.com

Advisory: access.redhat.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-10911 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-10911
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-325877

Entryinfo

Created: 09/25/2025 17:55
Updated: 10/03/2025 02:23
Changes: 09/25/2025 17:55 (61), 10/03/2025 02:23 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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