CVE-2025-5918

A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw can be triggered when file streams are piped into bsdtar, potentially allowing for reading past the end of the file. This out-of-bounds read can lead to unintended consequences, including unpredictable program behavior, memory corruption, or a denial-of-service condition.

Score

CVSS 3.1 6.6 Medium

Status

Analyzed - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2025-06-09

Last modified

2026-09-01

Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected products

• Libarchive (Libarchive)
• Enterprise Linux (Redhat)
• Openshift (Redhat)
• Openshift Container Platform (Redhat)

References

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