Out-of-bounds Read in Red Hat Cert-Manager Operator For Openshift 1.16
CVE-2025-49796
A vulnerability was found in libxml2. Processing certain sch:name elements from the input XML file can trigger a memory corruption issue. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious XML input file that can lead libxml to crash, resulting in a denial of service or other possible undefined behavior due to sensitive data being corrupted in memory.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.014 (70.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Red Hat Cert-manager Operator For Openshift 1.16 — versions v1.16.5-1760515757, sha256:1abdfac084e7c86e7a93a19e5cf6b54db79b903bfb7474a42200f753b29eda4b
- Red Hat Compliance Operator 1 — versions v1.3
- Red Hat File Integrity Operator 1 — versions sha256:364d11af112a5b1d3f28c9ea8b7aac678e111b9c7fca0516d61036904f318605, v1.3
- Red Hat Openshift File Integrity Operator - Fio 1 — versions v1.3
- Red Hat Discovery 2 — versions sha256:ad07f55ee75fb20310c88f154a04665bd8465d138d66c665c300f61447858344, 2.0.1-1754478727
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 — versions 0:2.12.5-7.el10_0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support — versions 0:2.9.1-6.el7_9.10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 — versions 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update Support — versions 0:2.9.7-9.el8_2.3
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
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, vendor-advisory)
- 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, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-49796?
- CVE-2025-49796 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Cert-Manager Operator For Openshift 1.16, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2025-06-16.
- How severe is CVE-2025-49796?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-49796 known to be exploited?
- 9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.