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TI-2025-10061 Aliases CVE-2025-10990GHSA-qg2f-7w4r-25f2

Rexml: rexml: denial of service via inefficient regex parsing

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-1333Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-1333.

Summary

A flaw was found in REXML. A remote attacker could exploit inefficient regular expression (regex) parsing when processing hex numeric character references (&#x...;) in XML documents. This could lead to a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS), impacting the availability of the affected component. This issue is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2024-49761.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00549 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Red Hat Satellite: 6.17.5, 6.16.5.4Red Hat: 3 advisories

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—Red Hat Satellite—6.17.5, 6.16.5.4Patch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8—8.8.1-3.el8satPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8—8.8.1-3.el8satPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9—8.8.1-3.el9satPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9—8.8.1-3.el9satPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9—8.8.1-3.el9satPatch availableCNA
Red HatRed Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9—8.8.1-3.el9satPatch availableCNA
Red HatSatellite Client 6 for RHEL 8—7.34.0-4.el8satPatch availableCNA
Red HatSatellite Client 6 for RHEL 9—7.34.0-4.el9satPatch availableCNA
  • Red Hat Satellite Vendor— Affected — Fixed in 6.17.5, 6.16.5.4 Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 8.8.1-3.el8sat Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 8.8.1-3.el8sat Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 8.8.1-3.el9sat Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 8.8.1-3.el9sat Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 8.8.1-3.el9sat Patch available CNA
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 8.8.1-3.el9sat Patch available CNA
  • Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 8 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 7.34.0-4.el8sat Patch available CNA
  • Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 9 VendorRed Hat Affected — Fixed in 7.34.0-4.el9sat Patch available CNA

CPE names CNA · 11

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::el86.16—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::el96.16—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el86.16—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el96.16—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el86.16—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el96.16—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.17::el96.17—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.17::el96.17—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.17::el96.17—Red Hat
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_satellite_client:6::el86—Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::el8 Versions 6.16 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.16::el9 Versions 6.16 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el8 Versions 6.16 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.16::el9 Versions 6.16 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el8 Versions 6.16 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.16::el9 Versions 6.16 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:satellite:6.17::el9 Versions 6.17 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_capsule:6.17::el9 Versions 6.17 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:satellite_utils:6.17::el9 Versions 6.17 — ·Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_satellite_client:6::el8 Versions 6 — ·Red Hat
Show 1 more CPE
CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_satellite_client:6::el96—Red Hat
  • cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_satellite_client:6::el9 Versions 6 — ·Red Hat

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Red Hat Satellite Fixed in 6.17.5, 6.16.5.4

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2025:17693 Released 2025-10-09 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    Satellite 6 Client Bug Fix Update
    • Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 8 puppet-agent-7.34.0-4.el8sat
    • Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 9 puppet-agent-7.34.0-4.el9sat
  • RHSA-2025:17613 Released 2025-10-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    Satellite 6.16.5.4 Async Update
    • Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8 cjson-1.7.18-2.el8sat, puppet-agent-8.8.1-3.el8sat, python-django-4.2.24-0.1.el8pc +1
    • Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9 cjson-1.7.18-2.el9sat, puppet-agent-8.8.1-3.el9sat, python-django-4.2.24-0.1.el9pc +1
  • RHSA-2025:17606 Released 2025-10-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    Satellite 6.17.5 Async Update
    • Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9 cjson-1.7.18-2.el9sat, puppet-agent-8.8.1-3.el9sat, python-django-4.2.24-0.1.el9pc +1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2025:17613
Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2025:17613
Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2025:17606
Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 8Fixed RHSA-2025:17693
Satellite Client 6 for RHEL 9Fixed RHSA-2025:17693
Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 8
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.16 for RHEL 9
  • Red Hat Satellite 6.17 for RHEL 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-10990
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qg2f-7w4r-25f2
  3. 2026-10-25 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM

References

Advisory 3

Other 5

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  • TI-2019-15874 Protection mechanism failure in Jenkins Script Security Plugin KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2019-08259 Underflow in PHP-FPM can lead to RCE KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2019-05363 Code injection in Elastic Kibana KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2019-03949 Out-of-bounds write in ESXi and Horizon DaaS KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2018-16080 A code execution vulnerability exists in the Stapler web framework used by Jenkins 2.153… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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