Is CVE-2025-8732 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-8732 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-8732?

CVE-2025-8732 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.3 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-8732?

CVE-2025-8732 has an EPSS score of 0.14% (4th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-8732?

Upgrade libxml2 on debian 11 to 2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u10 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-8732

LOW

3.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

A vulnerability was found in libxml2 up to 2.14.5. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function xmlParseSGMLCatalog of the component xmlcatalog. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled recursion. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The code maintainer explains, that "[t]he issue can only be triggered with untrusted SGML catalogs and it makes absolutely no sense to use untrusted catalogs. I also doubt that anyone is still using SGML catalogs at all."

CWE-404 CWE-674

How to fix

Remediation Available

libxml2Debian

Fixed in:2.9.10+dfsg-6.7+deb11u10CVE-2025-8732

Fixed in:2.15.2+dfsg-0.1CVE-2025-8732

libxml2Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.13+esm11USN-7974-1

Fixed in:2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.7+esm12USN-7974-1

Fixed in:2.9.4+dfsg1-6.1ubuntu1.9+esm7USN-7974-1

Fixed in:2.9.10+dfsg-5ubuntu0.20.04.10+esm4USN-7974-1

Fixed in:2.9.13+dfsg-1ubuntu0.11USN-7974-1

Fixed in:2.9.14+dfsg-1.3ubuntu3.7USN-7974-1

Fixed in:2.14.5+dfsg-0.2ubuntu0.1USN-7974-1

libxml2-16Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.14.5+dfsg-0.2ubuntu0.1USN-7974-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityLow

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Exploit Intelligence

0.14%probability of exploitation in 30 days

4thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 4% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit2

Third-Party Advisory4

Other references1

drive.google.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-07-01.