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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-06-09T19:49:13.544Z

Last Modified :

2026-01-08T03:56:18.543Z

Source :

redhat
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-5918 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Libarchive
  • Libarchive
Redhat
  • Enterprise Linux
  • Openshift
  • Openshift Container Platform
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-5918.

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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5918 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370877 cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2584 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.8.0 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5918 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5918 cve-icon
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