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: 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.
Affected products
Rocky Linux 8 aarch64
Rocky Linux 8 x86_64
Fixes
2528990
CVEs
CVE-2026-86142
Affected packages
Rocky Linux 8 aarch64 - BaseOS
libxml2-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.10.aarch64.rpm
libxml2-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.10.src.rpm
libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.10.aarch64.rpm
libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.10.aarch64.rpm
python3-libxml2-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.10.aarch64.rpm
python3-libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.10.aarch64.rpm
Rocky Linux 8 x86_64 - BaseOS
libxml2-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.10.i686.rpm
libxml2-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.10.src.rpm
libxml2-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.10.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.10.i686.rpm
libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.10.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.10.i686.rpm
libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.10.x86_64.rpm
python3-libxml2-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.10.x86_64.rpm
python3-libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.10.x86_64.rpm
Rocky Linux 8 aarch64 - AppStream
libxml2-devel-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.10.aarch64.rpm
Rocky Linux 8 x86_64 - AppStream
libxml2-devel-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.10.i686.rpm
libxml2-devel-0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.10.x86_64.rpm