RLSA-2026:80675

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Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:80675
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:80675.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2026:80675
Upstream
Published
2026-10-13T12:00:56Z
Modified
2026-10-13T12:30:02Z
Severity
  • 6.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
Moderate: libxml2 security update
Details

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

Security Fix(es):

  • libxml2: libxml2: Heap-based buffer overflow in xmlXPtrEval due to xpointer length saturation (CVE-2026-86142)

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 
{
    "license":  "CC-BY-4.0",
    "license_url":  "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "source_advisory":  "RHSA-2026:80675"
}
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_10.10
Database specific
Show details 
{
    "yum_repository":  "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:80675.json"