ALSA-2026:39878

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Import Source
https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2026:39878.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALSA-2026:39878
Related
Published
2026-07-15T00:00:00Z
Modified
2026-07-16T13:30:04.053270262Z
Summary
Important: perl-XML-LibXML security update
Details

This module implements a Perl interface to the GNOME libxml2 library which provides interfaces for parsing and manipulating XML files. This module allows Perl programmers to make use of the highly capable validating XML parser and the high performance DOM implementation.

Security Fix(es):

  • perl-XML-LibXML: XML::LibXML: Denial of Service via truncated UTF-8 in XML node names (CVE-2026-8177)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

References

Affected packages

AlmaLinux:8 / perl-XML-LibXML

Package

Name
perl-XML-LibXML
Purl
pkg:rpm/almalinux/perl-XML-LibXML

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:2.0132-3.el8_10

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/AlmaLinux/osv-database/blob/master/advisories/almalinux8/ALSA-2026:39878.json"