CVE-2025-10998: Openbabel Open Babel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Openbabel Open Babel: up to and including 3.1.1

Published 2025-09-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.