{"answers":{"affected":"3 open source packages ship an affected version, including openbabel. It affects 1 product.","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-10998 exists.","fix":"Upgrade openbabel to 3.2.0 or later.","what":"CVE-2025-10998 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open Babel, published on 26 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-10998 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-10998 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Open Babel, published on 26 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-10998 exists.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- openbabel (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 3.2.0\n- openbabel (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 3.2.0\n- openbabel (PyPI): affected all versions; fixed in 3.2.0\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10998/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10998/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-10998","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10998/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-10998","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2025-10998","GHSA-j9pp-7wfg-q7fj","PYSEC-2026-2782","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-10998"],"analysis":{"component_type":"library","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Chemistry library","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A local attacker can cause a denial of service in Open Babel via a null pointer dereference in the ChemKin format parser.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"null_dereference"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulDB","cpe":[{"product":"open_babel","vendor":"openbabel"}],"cvss":{"score":4.8,"severity":"medium","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-476","name":"NULL Pointer Dereference"},{"id":"CWE-404","name":"Improper Resource Shutdown or Release"}],"description":"A vulnerability has been found in Open Babel up to 3.1.1. The affected element is the function ChemKinFormat::ReadReactionQualifierLines of the file /src/formats/chemkinformat.cpp. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. The attack can only be performed from a local environment. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.","ecosystems":["PyPI"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Open Babel chemkinformat.cpp ReadReactionQualifierLines null pointer dereference","id":"CVE-2025-10998","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"PyPI","product":null,"products":[],"type":"null_dereference","year":"2025"},"n_packages":3,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"Open Babel cacaoformat.cpp SetHilderbrandt null pointer dereference","id":"CVE-2025-10999"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["3.2.0"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"openbabel","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-j9pp-7wfg-q7fj"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["3.2.0"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"openbabel","purl":"pkg:pypi/openbabel","source":"GHSA-j9pp-7wfg-q7fj"},{"ecosystem":"PyPI","fixed":["3.2.0"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"openbabel","purl":"pkg:pypi/openbabel","source":"PYSEC-2026-2782"}],"prev":{"headline":"Open Babel chemkinformat.cpp CheckSpecies heap-based overflow","id":"CVE-2025-10997"},"products":["Open Babel"],"published":"2025-09-26","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Open Babel has out-of-bounds write in CSR PadString (title field)","id":"CVE-2022-41793","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-07-21"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Open Babel has uninitialized pointer dereference in GRO residue parser","id":"CVE-2022-42885","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-07-21"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Open Babel has out-of-bounds write in PQS coord_file parser","id":"CVE-2022-43467","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-07-21"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Open Babel has uninitialized pointer dereference in MSI atom parser","id":"CVE-2022-44451","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-07-21"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Open Babel has uninitialized pointer dereference in PQS pFormat","id":"CVE-2022-46280","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-07-21"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Open Babel has out-of-bounds write in ORCA nAtoms parser","id":"CVE-2022-46289","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-07-21"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Open Babel has out-of-bounds write in ORCA nAtoms parser (second variant)","id":"CVE-2022-46290","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-07-21"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"PyPA Advisory Database","prefix":"PYSEC"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-09-26","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"A local attacker can cause a denial of service in Open Babel via a null pointer dereference in the ChemKin format parser.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10998/"}