Synopsis
Moderate: libxml2 security update
Description
The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards.
Security Fix(es):
* libxml2: libxml2: Arbitrary code execution in xmlcatalog utility via buffer overflow (CVE-2026-11979)
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.
Affected products
Rocky Linux 8 aarch64
Rocky Linux 8 x86_64
Fixes
2494191
CVEs
CVE-2026-11979
Affected packages
Rocky Linux 8 aarch64 - BaseOS
libxml2-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.7.aarch64.rpm
libxml2-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.7.src.rpm
libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.7.aarch64.rpm
libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.7.aarch64.rpm
python3-libxml2-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.7.aarch64.rpm
python3-libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.7.aarch64.rpm
Rocky Linux 8 x86_64 - BaseOS
libxml2-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.7.i686.rpm
libxml2-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.7.src.rpm
libxml2-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.7.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.7.i686.rpm
libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.7.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.7.i686.rpm
libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.7.x86_64.rpm
python3-libxml2-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.7.x86_64.rpm
python3-libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.7.x86_64.rpm
Rocky Linux 8 aarch64 - AppStream
libxml2-devel-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.7.aarch64.rpm
Rocky Linux 8 x86_64 - AppStream
libxml2-devel-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.7.i686.rpm
libxml2-devel-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.7.x86_64.rpm