CVE-2025-5918

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 31.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-01.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-06-09 19:49Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-09-01 12:08Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-06-09

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Low (CVSS 3.9)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L

Weaknesses

• CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

ca497f64d8bc7d60a26eb20a9d8b573d0aee3d558a7279d80ff07da78ff4e544

• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5918vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2370877https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370877issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
• github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2584
• github.comhttps://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.8.0