CVE-2025-24855

HIGHNVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2025-03-14. NVD baseline CVSS 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.4%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

numbers.c in libxslt before 1.1.43 has a use-after-free because, in nested XPath evaluations, an XPath context node can be modified but never restored. This is related to xsltNumberFormatGetValue, xsltEvalXPathPredicate, xsltEvalXPathStringNs, and xsltComputeSortResultInternal.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHmedium confidence
EG Risk
35
EG Risk 35/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
EPSS PROB
0.4%
EPSS %ILE
27th
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 14, 2025

Last Modified

November 3, 2025

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Sep 24, 2026
Patch available.
genericMentions a patch (unverified)

[SECURITY] [DLA 4089-1] libxslt security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00015.html
generic

[CVE-2025-24855] Use-after-free due to xsltEvalXPathStringNs leaking xpathCtxt->node (#128) · Issues · GNOME / libxslt · GitLab

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxslt/-/issues/128

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-24855(10)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(20)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuxsltproc (1.1.34-4ubuntu0.20.04.3) @ focal2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntuxsltproc (1.1.28-2.1ubuntu0.3+esm3) @ xenial2026-05-30ubuntu
redhatrhcos-412.86.202505281830-02025-06-05redhat
redhatrhcos-414.92.202505141057-02025-05-21redhat
redhatrhcos-416.94.202505051351-02025-05-15redhat
redhatrhcos-413.92.202505061702-02025-05-15redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.39-7.el10_02025-05-13redhat
redhatrhcos-417.94.202504291434-02025-05-09redhat
redhatrhcos-418.94.202504291430-02025-05-09redhat
redhatrhcos-415.92.202504282058-02025-05-08redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.28-9.el7_92025-04-23redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.32-8.el8_82025-04-07redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.32-8.el8_62025-04-07redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.34-11.el9_02025-04-07redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.32-8.el8_42025-04-07redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.32-6.1.el8_102025-04-07redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.32-6.el8_22025-04-07redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.34-10.el9_22025-04-02redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.34-10.el9_42025-03-31redhat
redhatlibxslt-0:1.1.34-9.el9_5.12025-03-24redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(11 across 11 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.18(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libxslt—
  • every version up to 1.1.38-r1: fixed in 1.1.38-r1
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Alpine:v3.19(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libxslt—
  • every version up to 1.1.39-r1: fixed in 1.1.39-r1
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Alpine:v3.20(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libxslt—
  • every version up to 1.1.39-r2: fixed in 1.1.39-r2
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Alpine:v3.21(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libxslt—
  • every version up to 1.1.42-r2: fixed in 1.1.42-r2
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Alpine:v3.22(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libxslt—
  • every version up to 1.1.43-r0: fixed in 1.1.43-r0
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Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libxslt—
  • every version up to 1.1.43-r0: fixed in 1.1.43-r0
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Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libxslt—
  • every version up to 1.1.43-r0: fixed in 1.1.43-r0
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Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libxslt1.1.34-4, 1.1.34-4+deb11u1
  • every version up to 1.1.34-4+deb11u2: fixed in 1.1.34-4+deb11u2
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libxslt1.1.35-1
  • every version up to 1.1.35-1+deb12u1: fixed in 1.1.35-1+deb12u1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libxslt—
  • every version up to 1.1.35-1.2: fixed in 1.1.35-1.2
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libxslt—
  • every version up to 1.1.35-1.2: fixed in 1.1.35-1.2
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Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(13)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 30× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-24855?
CVE-2025-24855 is a high vulnerability published on March 14, 2025. numbers.c in libxslt before 1.1.43 has a use-after-free because, in nested XPath evaluations, an XPath context node can be modified but never restored. This is related to xsltNumberFormatGetValue, xsltEvalXPathPredicate, xsltEvalXPathStringNs, and xsltComputeSortResultInternal.
When was CVE-2025-24855 disclosed?
CVE-2025-24855 was first published on March 14, 2025, with the most recent update on November 3, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-24855 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-24855 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (27th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-24855?
CVE-2025-24855 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-24855?
A fix for CVE-2025-24855 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2025-24855 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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