RLSA-2026:69655

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Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:69655
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:69655.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2026:69655
Upstream
Published
2026-09-23T06:00:55Z
Modified
2026-09-23T06:30:03Z
Severity
  • 5.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Moderate: libxml2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Details

The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards.

Security Fix(es):

  • libxml2: mingw-libxml2: libxml2: Denial of Service via crafted XML input due to use-after-free (CVE-2026-6653)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • libxml2: CVE-2025-9714 fix (Rocky Linux-119279) backported wrong upstream commit ? dyn:map recursion still crashes (JIRA:Rocky Linux-249282)

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.

Database specific 
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    "license":  "CC-BY-4.0",
    "license_url":  "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "source_advisory":  "RHSA-2026:69655"
}
References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:8 / libxml2

Package

Name
libxml2
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/libxml2?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.8
Database specific
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{
    "yum_repository":  "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:69655.json"