A Double Free in XSLT `show_index` has been identified in Hiawatha webserver version 11.7 which allows an unauthenticated attacker to corrupt data which may lead to arbitrary code execution.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

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References
Link Providers
https://gitlab.com/hsleisink/hiawatha/-/blame/master/src/xslt.c?ref_type=heads#L675 cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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Description A Double Free in XSLT `show_index` has been identified in Hiawatha webserver version 11.7 which allows an unauthenticated attacker to corrupt data which may lead to arbitrary code execution.
Title Double free in XSLT in 'show_index'
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: certcc

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-26T20:54:04.714Z

Reserved: 2025-08-19T17:36:13.586Z

Link: CVE-2025-57785

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-26T20:53:52.643Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-01-26T18:16:27.570

Modified: 2026-01-26T21:15:55.420

Link: CVE-2025-57785

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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