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low 2.8

CVE-2025-5917 json

Libarchive: off by one error in build_ustar_entry_name() at archive_write_set_format_pax.c

published 2025-06-09 17 mo ago modified 2026-11-06 2 d ago also EUVD-2025-17574 , JLSEC-2025-247

cvss
2.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 14%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in the libarchive library. This flaw involves an 'off-by-one' miscalculation when handling prefixes and suffixes for file names. This can lead to a 1-byte write overflow. While seemingly small, such an overflow can corrupt adjacent memory, leading to unpredictable program behavior, crashes, or in specific circumstances, could be leveraged as a building block for more sophisticated exploitation. This bug affects libarchive versions prior to 3.8.0.

Patch / fix

  • julia LibArchive_jll 3.8.0+0
  • libarchive libarchive 3.8.0
  • libarchive Debian 12 3.6.2-1+deb12u3
  • libarchive Debian 14, Debian 13 3.7.4-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-5917

  • libarchive Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 3.6.0-1ubuntu1.5
  • libarchive Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 3.7.2-2ubuntu0.5
  • libarchive Ubuntu 25.10 3.7.7-0ubuntu3
  • libarchive Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm4
  • libarchive Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8+esm2
  • libarchive Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+esm2
  • libarchive Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 3.4.0-2ubuntu1.5+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-5917

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libarchive Linux Micro 6.0 3.6.2-5.1
  • libarchive SLE Micro 5.5, SLE Micro 5.4, SLE Micro 5.3 +10 more 3.5.1-150400.3.21.1
  • libarchive Linux Micro 6.1 3.7.4-slfo.1.1_3.1
  • libarchive SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7, SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP6, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 +2 more 3.7.2-150600.3.17.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:20560-1SUSE-SU-2025:02718-2SUSE-SU-2025:20594-1SUSE-SU-2025:02718-1SUSE-SU-2025:02566-1

  • cmake Azure Linux 3.0 3.30.3-8
  • libarchive Azure Linux 3.0 3.7.7-3
  • cmake CBL-Mariner 2.0 3.21.4-20
  • libarchive CBL-Mariner 2.0 3.6.1-7

azure linux advisories AZL-63756AZL-63777AZL-63818AZL-63854

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-5917 updated cvss 2.8

libarchive: Off by one error in build_ustar_entry_name() at archive_write_set_format_pax.c

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libarchive Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 bsdtar, bsdcpio, libarchive
    affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 bsdtar, libarchive Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 bsdtar, libarchive Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 libarchive Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-core-bff-rhel9, rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-maas-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-automl-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-gen-ai-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-mlflow-rhel9, +6 more
    under investigation
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-mlflow-rhel9, rhoai/odh-kube-rbac-proxy-rhel9, rhoai/odh-maas-controller-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mlflow-operator-rhel9, rhoai/odh-model-controller-rhel9, rhoai/odh-ogx-k8s-operator-rhel9, +14 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
16 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 2.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 3.1 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia LibArchive_jll
<3.8.0+0
3.8.0+0

Affected products

  • 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 AI (RHOAI)
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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