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CVE-2025-5918
Libarchive: reading past eof may be triggered for piped file streams
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L R U H N H 6.6 .0037 28.4 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
libarchive unspecified —
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 unspecified —
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 unspecified —
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 unspecified —
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 unspecified —
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 unspecified —
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 unspecified —
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 unspecified —
TIMELINE
Jun 9 Reserved by redhat
Jun 9 Published (CNA: redhat)
Aug 21 RESCORED — CVE-2025-5918 (libarchive). CVSS 3.9 → 6.6 (NVD).
Description
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.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| June 9, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by redhat |
| June 9, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: redhat) |
| August 21, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-5918 (libarchive). CVSS 3.9 → 6.6 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 8 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| — | libarchive | — | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | — | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | — | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | — | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | — | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | — | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | — | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | — | — | — |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2025-5918 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Sunday, October 4, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.
