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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-7039

A flaw was found in glib.

Published Sep 3, 2025 · catalog updated Jun 2, 2026 · A flaw was found

Check this week

CVE-2025-7039 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 42.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run A flaw was found.

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  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Low3.7
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
42.00%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor redhat

A flaw was found in glib. An integer overflow during temporary file creation leads to an out-of-bounds memory access, allowing an attacker to potentially perform path traversal or access private temporary file content by creating symbolic links. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to manipulate file paths and access unauthorized data. The core issue stems from insufficient validation of file path lengths during temporary file operations.

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How to fix CVE-2025-7039

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-7039 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 42.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run A flaw was found.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 42.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 3, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    A flaw was found in glib. An integer overflow during temporary file creation leads to an out-of-bounds memory access, allowing an attacker to potentially perform path traversal or access private temporary file content by creating symbolic links. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to manipulate file paths and access unauthorized data. The core issue stems from insufficient validation of fil

  2. Jun 2, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    A flaw was found in glib. An integer overflow during temporary file creation leads to an out-of-bounds memory access, allowing an attacker to potentially perform path traversal or access private temporary file content by creating symbolic links. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to manipulate file paths and access unauthorized data. The core issue stems from insufficient validation of fil

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-7039

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-26475

    A flaw was found in glib. An integer overflow during temporary file creation leads to an out-of-bounds memory access, allowing an attacker to potentially perform path traversal or access private temporary file content by creating symbolic links. This vulnerability allows a local

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Jun 2, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.