Vulnerability in Red Hat Satellite 6.16 For Rhel 8
CVE-2025-10990
A flaw was found in REXML. A remote attacker could exploit inefficient regular expression (regex) parsing when processing hex numeric character references (&#x...;) in XML documents. This could lead to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS), impacting the availability of the affected component. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-49761.
Vulnerability class: ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.005 (38.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Red Hat Satellite 6.16 For Rhel 8 — versions 0:8.8.1-3.el8sat
- Red Hat Satellite 6.16 For Rhel 9 — versions 0:8.8.1-3.el9sat
- Red Hat Satellite 6.17 For Rhel 9 — versions 0:8.8.1-3.el9sat
- Red Hat Satellite Client 6 For Rhel 8 — versions 0:7.34.0-4.el8sat
- Red Hat Satellite Client 6 For Rhel 9 — versions 0:7.34.0-4.el9sat
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking)
- secalert@redhat.com
- secalert@redhat.com
- secalert@redhat.com
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-10990?
- CVE-2025-10990 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Satellite 6.16 For Rhel 8, classified under Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-02-27.
- How severe is CVE-2025-10990?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.