CVE-2025-12748

Summary

A flaw was discovered in libvirt in the XML file processing. More specifically, the parsing of user provided XML files was performed before the ACL checks. A malicious user with limited permissions could exploit this flaw by submitting a specially crafted XML file, causing libvirt to allocate too much memory on the host. The excessive memory consumption could lead to a libvirt process crash on the host, resulting in a denial-of-service condition.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
0 <= 11.9.0affected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 100:11.10.0-12.el10_2 < *unaffected
Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux 90:11.10.0-12.el9_8 < *unaffected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Workarounds

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

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