Uncontrolled recursion in XPath evaluation in libxml2 up to and including version 2.9.14 allows a local attacker to cause a stack overflow via crafted expressions. XPath processing functions xmlXPathRunEval, xmlXPathCtxtCompile, and xmlXPathEvalExpr were resetting recursion depth to zero before making potentially recursive calls. When such functions were called recursively this could allow for uncontrolled recursion and lead to a stack overflow. These functions now preserve recursion depth across recursive calls, allowing recursion depth to be controlled.
CVE-2025-9714
Score 6.2 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2025-09-10. NVD baseline CVSS 6.2; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 5.5
- EG Score
- 6.2(medium)
- EPSS
- 4.1%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 10, 2025
Last Modified
June 17, 2026
References (3)
- security@ubuntuhttps://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/commit/677a42645ef22b5a50741bad5facf9d8a8bc6d21
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/09/msg00035.html
- 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5ehttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-577017.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-9714(20)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:21695Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.12.91 bug fix and security update
- RHSA-2026:22420Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update
- RHSA-2026:15967Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update
- RHSA-2026:14858Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update
- RHSA-2026:14832Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update
- RHSA-2026:11349Red Hat Product SecurityMedium
Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update
- RHSA-2026:7519Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update
- RHSA-2026:3462Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.2.2 (ROCm)
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Patch Availability(30)
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.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(12)
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.
- Red HatRHSA-2025:22162MODERATE2025-09-02
RHSA-2025:22162 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2025:22163MODERATE2025-09-02
RHSA-2025:22163 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2025:22177MODERATE2025-09-02
RHSA-2025:22177 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2025:22376MODERATE2025-09-02
RHSA-2025:22376 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2025:22377MODERATE2025-09-02
RHSA-2025:22377 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2025:22868MODERATE2025-09-02
RHSA-2025:22868 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2025:23202MODERATE2025-09-02
RHSA-2025:23202 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2025:23204MODERATE2025-09-02
RHSA-2025:23204 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2025:23205MODERATE2025-09-02
RHSA-2025:23205 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2025:23209MODERATE2025-09-02
RHSA-2025:23209 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2025:23227MODERATE2025-09-02
RHSA-2025:23227 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2025:23234MODERATE2025-09-02
RHSA-2025:23234 — Moderate
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