Heap use after free (UAF) leads to Denial of service (DoS)
CVE: CVE-2025-49794
Component: libxml
CWE: CWE-825
Severity: Important
CVSS v3: 9.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Release date: 2025-06-10T00:00:00+00:00

A use-after-free vulnerability was found in libxml2. This issue occurs when parsing XPath elements under certain circumstances when the XML schematron has the <sch:name path="..."/> schema elements. This flaw allows a malicious actor to craft a malicious XML document used as input for libxml, resulting in the program's crash using libxml or other possible undefined behaviors.

Statement: This issue was rated with a severity impact of Important by Red Hat Product Security, as libxml can be used to parse XML coming from the network depending on how the program consumes it and uses the library. Additionally, although the initial report shows a crash due to invalid memory access (A:H), other undefined issues that can present data integrity due to the application overwriting sensitive data are not discarded (I:H).

Remediation:
For OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update:

https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.12/html/release_notes

You may download the oc tool and use it to inspect release image metadata for x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 architectures. The image digests may be found at https://quay.io/repository/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release?tab=tags.

              The sha value for the release is as follows:

              (For x86_64 architecture)
              The image digest is sha256:d26fd3fd30ac6ae13f2779045d4e2defbf77aa24db5393d91df19488fd42504d

All OpenShift Container Platform 4.12 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and images when they are available in the appropriate release channel. To check for available updates, use the OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.12/html-single/updating_clusters/index#updating-cluster-within-minor.
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
For OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update:

https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.13/html/release_notes

You may download the oc tool and use it to inspect release image metadata for x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 architectures. The image digests may be found at https://quay.io/repository/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release?tab=tags.

      The sha values for the release are as follows:

      (For x86_64 architecture)
      The image digest is {x86_64_DIGEST}

      (For s390x architecture)
      The image digest is {s390x_DIGEST}

      (For ppc64le architecture)
      The image digest is {ppc64le_DIGEST}

      (For aarch64 architecture)
      The image digest is {aarch64_DIGEST}

All OpenShift Container Platform 4.13 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and images when they are available in the appropriate release channel. To check for available updates, use the OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.13/html-single/updating_clusters/index#updating-cluster-within-minor.
For OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 see the following documentation,
which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions
on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata
update:

https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.14/html/release_notes/

You may download the oc tool and use it to inspect release image metadata
for x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 architectures. The image digests
may be found at
https://quay.io/repository/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release?tab=tags.

The sha values for the release are as follows:

      (For x86_64 architecture)
      The image digest is {x864_DIGEST}

      (For s390x architecture)
      The image digest is {s390x_DIGEST}

      (For ppc64le architecture)
      The image digest is {ppc64le_DIGEST}

      (For aarch64 architecture)
      The image digest is {aarch64_DIGEST}

All OpenShift Container Platform 4.14 users are advised to upgrade to these
updated packages and images when they are available in the appropriate
release channel. To check for available updates, use the OpenShift CLI (oc)
or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at
https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.14/html-single/updating_clusters/index#updating-cluster-cli.
For OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 see the following documentation,
which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions
on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata
update:

https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.17/html/release_notes/

You may download the oc tool and use it to inspect release image metadata
for x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 architectures. The image digests
may be found at
https://quay.io/repository/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release?tab=tags.

The sha values for the release are as follows:

      (For x86_64 architecture)
      The image digest is {x864_DIGEST}

      (For s390x architecture)
      The image digest is {s390x_DIGEST}

      (For ppc64le architecture)
      The image digest is {ppc64le_DIGEST}

      (For aarch64 architecture)
      The image digest is {aarch64_DIGEST}

All OpenShift Container Platform 4.17 users are advised to upgrade to these
updated packages and images when they are available in the appropriate
release channel. To check for available updates, use the OpenShift CLI (oc)
or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at
https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.17/html-single/updating_clusters/index#updating-cluster-cli.
For OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update:

https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.18/html/release_notes/

You may download the oc tool and use it to inspect release image metadata for x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 architectures. The image digests may be found at https://quay.io/repository/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release?tab=tags.

The sha values for the release are as follows:

      (For x86_64 architecture)
      The image digest is {x864_DIGEST}

      (For s390x architecture)
      The image digest is {s390x_DIGEST}

      (For ppc64le architecture)
      The image digest is {ppc64le_DIGEST}

      (For aarch64 architecture)
      The image digest is {aarch64_DIGEST}

All OpenShift Container Platform 4.18 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and images when they are available in the appropriate release channel. To check for available updates, use the OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.18/html-single/updating_clusters/index#updating-cluster-cli.
For OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update:

https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.19/html/release_notes/

You may download the oc tool and use it to inspect release image metadata for x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 architectures. The image digests may be found at https://quay.io/repository/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release?tab=tags.

The sha values for the release are as follows:

      (For x86_64 architecture)
      The image digest is {x864_DIGEST}

      (For s390x architecture)
      The image digest is {s390x_DIGEST}

      (For ppc64le architecture)
      The image digest is {ppc64le_DIGEST}

      (For aarch64 architecture)
      The image digest is {aarch64_DIGEST}

All OpenShift Container Platform 4.19 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and images when they are available in the appropriate release channel. To check for available updates, use the OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.19/html-single/updating_clusters/index#updating-cluster-cli.
For OpenShift Container Platform 4.20 see the following documentation, which will be updated shortly for this release, for important instructions on how to upgrade your cluster and fully apply this asynchronous errata update:

https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.20/html/release_notes/

You may download the oc tool and use it to inspect release image metadata for x86_64, s390x, ppc64le, and aarch64 architectures. The image digests may be found at https://quay.io/repository/openshift-release-dev/ocp-release?tab=tags.

The sha values for the release are as follows:

      (For x86_64 architecture)
      The image digest is sha256:d1dc76522d1e235b97675b28e977cb8c452f47d39c0eb519cde02114925f91d2

      (For s390x architecture)
      The image digest is sha256:bb2b07ca992b8c976341c145ccdcefbd57e946a590efaa5e10d60fc5a2cbe503

      (For ppc64le architecture)
      The image digest is sha256:678369ac0a189674b3d9f5779ee7042b39e625ee580579ec302d8899f8ddc613

      (For aarch64 architecture)
      The image digest is sha256:791079aeb081a9193cec139ba4dccbafbfc9437b6e5e39d70225b0e6d2f51b34

All OpenShift Container Platform 4.20 users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages and images when they are available in the appropriate release channel. To check for available updates, use the OpenShift CLI (oc) or web console. Instructions for upgrading a cluster are available at https://docs.redhat.com/en/documentation/openshift_container_platform/4.20/html-single/updating_clusters/index#updating-cluster-cli.
The Red Hat Web Terminal 1.11 on RHEL 9 container images provided by this update
can be downloaded from the Red Hat Container Registry at
registry.access.redhat.com. Installation instructions for your platform are
available at Red Hat Container Catalog (see References).

Dockerfiles and scripts should be amended either to refer to this new image
specifically, or to the latest image generally.
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your
system have been applied. For details on how to apply this update, refer to:
  
https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/latest/updating/updating_a_cluster/updating-cluster-cli.html
The Insights proxy container image provided here is downloaded by the Red Hat Insights proxy product RPM.
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.
Before applying the update, back up your existing installation, including all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings, and so on.

The References section of this erratum contains a download link. You must be logged in to download the update.
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

The steps to apply the upgraded images are different depending on the installation plan approval policy you used
when installing the cert-manager Operator for Red Hat OpenShift.

- If the approval policy is set to `Automatic`, then the Operator will be upgraded automatically when there is a
new version of the Operator. No further action is required to upgrade. This is the default setting.

- If you changed the approval policy to `Manual`, then you must manually approve the upgrade to the Operator.

See https://docs.openshift.com/container-platform/latest/security/cert_manager_operator/index.html for additional
information.
There's no available mitigation other than avoid processing untrusted XML documents before updating to the libxml version containing the fix.