Denial of Service in OSV-SCALIBR
Priority LOW 9CWE-476Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-476.
Summary
A bug in the filesystem traversal fallback path causes fs/diriterate/diriterate.go:Next() to overindex an empty slice when ReadDir returns nil for an empty directory, resulting in a panic (index out of range) and an application crash (denial of service) in OSV-SCALIBR.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00111 1st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial OSV-SCALIBR (Google): 0.3.4github.com/google/osv-scalibr (Go): 0.3.4Red Hat: 2 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OSV-SCALIBR | before 0.3.4 | 0.3.4 | Patch available | CNA | |
| — | github.com/google/osv-scalibr (Go) | before 0.3.4 | 0.3.4 | Patch available | GHSA-f786-75f3-74xj |
- OSV-SCALIBR VendorGoogle Affected before 0.3.4 Fixed in 0.3.4 Patch available CNA
- github.com/google/osv-scalibr (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.3.4 Fixed in 0.3.4 Patch available GHSA-f786-75f3-74xj
Remediation
- Fix · CNA OSV-SCALIBR (Google) Fixed in 0.3.4
- Fix · GHSA-f786-75f3-74xj github.com/google/osv-scalibr (Go) Fixed in 0.3.4 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-13425
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f786-75f3-74xj
References
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Sources
- CVE-2025-13425 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-13425 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f786-75f3-74xj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-13425 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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