RHSA-2026:69655 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · September 22, 2026
Updated · November 4, 2026
Topic
An update for libxml2 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
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 (RHEL-119279) backported wrong upstream commit ? dyn:map recursion still crashes (JIRA:RHEL-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.