Red Hat Security AdvisoryRHSA-2026:92589
libxml2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Released 2026-10-29 · Red Hat rating Important · View on Red Hat →
Fixed in
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.6) libxml2-devel-2.9.7-13.el8_6.24
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) libxml2-devel-2.9.7-13.el8_6.24
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.6) libxml2-2.9.7-13.el8_6.24, python3-libxml2-2.9.7-13.el8_6.24
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.6) libxml2-2.9.7-13.el8_6.24, python3-libxml2-2.9.7-13.el8_6.24
Fixes 8 records
Priority MEDIUM 40
A flaw was found in libxml2 with Python bindings enabled.
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5· Network · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.00658 · Published 2026-09-08 · Partial fix · 2.12.5-10.el10_2.4, 2.12.5-9.el10_0.9 +43 CWE-763
Priority LOW 36
In libxml2 before 2.15.4, xmlSnprintfElements in valid.c has a strcat stack-based buffer overflow.
CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0· Local · No auth · No interaction · EPSS 0.00157 · Published 2026-09-05 · Partial fix · 2.15.4 CWE-121
Priority LOW 35
In libxml2 before 2.15.4, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in xmlXPtrEvalXPtrPart because of xmlXPtrEval xpointer length saturation.
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.00157 · Published 2026-09-05 · Partial fix · 2.15.4 CWE-122
Priority LOW 33
In xinclude in libxml2 before 2.15.4, xmlXIncludeProcess and xmlXIncludeProcessTree do not propagate parseFlags.
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.00186 · Published 2026-09-05 · Partial fix · 2.15.4 CWE-669
Priority LOW 33
In xmlIO in libxml2 before 2.15.4, an inconsistency in xmlOutputWriteCallback and xmlBufUse causes negative lengths to reach write callbacks, aka a lack of a check for integer overflow before calling writecallback.
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.00194 · Published 2026-09-05 · Partial fix · 2.15.4 CWE-192
Priority LOW 33
In libxml2 before 2.15.4, xmlDictAddQString in dict.c has an integer overflow and resultant heap-based buffer overflow.
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8· Local · Low privileges · No interaction · EPSS 0.00132 · Published 2026-09-05 · Partial fix · 2.15.4 CWE-190
Priority LOW 31
Use After Free in libxml2's xmlParseInternalSubset from GNOME libxml2 version 2.9.11 to 2.11.0 allows a remote attacker to cause a denial-of-service via maliciously crafted XML input with improper entity resolution handl…
CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.0· Network · No auth · No interaction · EPSS 0.00355 · Published 2026-06-22 · Partial fix · 2.11.0 CWE-416
Priority LOW 9
libxml2 is vulnerable to multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the xmlcatalog utility when running in --shell mode.
CVSS 4.0LOW 1.8· Local · No auth · User interaction · EPSS 0.00148 · Published 2026-06-29 · Partial fix CWE-121