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RHSA-2025%3A14525
RHSA-2025%3A14525
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH
Record from OSV · Published August 26, 2025
Red Hat Security Advisory: libarchive security update
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| bsdcpio-debuginfo | Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos | 3.3.3-5.el8, 0:3.3.3-5.el8_8.1 |
| bsdtar | Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos | 3.3.3-5.el8, 0:3.3.3-5.el8_8.1 |
| bsdcat-debuginfo | Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos | 3.3.3-5.el8, 0:3.3.3-5.el8_8.1 |
| libarchive-debuginfo | Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos | 3.3.3-5.el8, 0:3.3.3-5.el8_8.1 |
| libarchive | Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos | 3.3.3-5.el8, 0:3.3.3-5.el8_8.1 |
| bsdtar | Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos | 3.3.3-5.el8, 0:3.3.3-5.el8_8.1 |
| bsdcat-debuginfo | Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos | 3.3.3-5.el8, 0:3.3.3-5.el8_8.1 |
| libarchive-debuginfo | Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos | 3.3.3-5.el8, 0:3.3.3-5.el8_8.1 |
| bsdtar-debuginfo | Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos | 3.3.3-5.el8, 0:3.3.3-5.el8_8.1 |
| libarchive-debugsource | Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos | 3.3.3-5.el8, 0:3.3.3-5.el8_8.1 |
| libarchive | Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos | 3.3.3-5.el8, 0:3.3.3-5.el8_8.1 |
| bsdtar-debuginfo | Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos | 3.3.3-5.el8, 0:3.3.3-5.el8_8.1 |
2 more packages have a fixed version. See every fix in Lookup.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos | bsdcpio-debuginfo | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos | bsdtar | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos | bsdcat-debuginfo | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos | libarchive-debuginfo | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos | libarchive | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos | bsdtar | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos | bsdcat-debuginfo | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos | libarchive-debuginfo | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos | bsdtar-debuginfo | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos | libarchive-debugsource | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos | libarchive | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos | bsdtar-debuginfo | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.8::baseos | bsdcpio-debuginfo | 0, 0 |
| Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.8::baseos | libarchive-debugsource | 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Aug 26, 2025 CVE Published
- Apr 21, 2026 CVE Updated
- May 1, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)
- May 1, 2026 Security Advisory (2 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:14525 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-5914 report
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/releases/tag/v3.8.0 article
- https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important article
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2370861 report
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2025/rhsa-2025_14525.json advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5914 advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5914 advisory
- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/pull/2598 article