Red Hat Security AdvisoryRHSA-2026:93791
libxml2 security update
Released 2026-11-02 · Red Hat rating Important · View on Red Hat →
Fixed in
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7 ELS) libxml2-2.9.1-6.el7_9.20, libxml2-2.9.1-6.el7_9.20.ppc, libxml2-devel-2.9.1-6.el7_9.20 +2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7 ELS) libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.el7_9.20, libxml2-static-2.9.1-6.el7_9.20.ppc
Fixes 6 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