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Low 2026-07-15

Libxml2 Security Update — AlmaLinux 9 (ALSA-2026:39317)

AlmaLinux 9

The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards. Security Fix(es): * libxml2: Stack Buffer Overflow in xmllint Interactive Shell Command Handling (CVE-2025-6170) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgme…

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

Security Fix(es):

* libxml2: Stack Buffer Overflow in xmllint Interactive Shell Command Handling (CVE-2025-6170)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgme…

Type:
security

Severity:
low

Release date:
2026-07-15

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

Security Fix(es):

* libxml2: Stack Buffer Overflow in xmllint Interactive Shell Command Handling (CVE-2025-6170)

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.

Updated packages listed below:

Architecture Package Checksum
aarch64 libxml2-2.9.13-14.el9_8.2.aarch64.rpm 57446c3eb8023edae8ab1b8688a539593c1e80fa29eccc036d52996378fedef0
aarch64 libxml2-devel-2.9.13-14.el9_8.2.aarch64.rpm 66a13b38a0809118a0d55c89e12d79f18940655077e38eaab5eb3d3d15699a5d
aarch64 python3-libxml2-2.9.13-14.el9_8.2.aarch64.rpm f7bce88ef4919d5d3f6d42c7f3ebd35b731b3c6f3e21915ee27034c19a953364
i686 libxml2-devel-2.9.13-14.el9_8.2.i686.rpm b552a9839eec6e7ab22e73831009ab76353fb03941f3728e77f720ba3b2e5125
i686 libxml2-2.9.13-14.el9_8.2.i686.rpm eb211876c4ce5d7abc161a50418c9b7224c181b339a7746ef49ec154e276ea38
ppc64le libxml2-2.9.13-14.el9_8.2.ppc64le.rpm 104add6b46962cb06dec4f9ab563316e3e83ccbf69918b45e0ec0109ecdfae79
ppc64le python3-libxml2-2.9.13-14.el9_8.2.ppc64le.rpm 7a268447533784aaf96f5b5369409d8a37752479a4fb54f122c837eeb8803bc6
ppc64le libxml2-devel-2.9.13-14.el9_8.2.ppc64le.rpm aeacf7871f85b39cf55615c7a5d9beaafed0fb1a27cc014cffe384fca31de290
s390x libxml2-devel-2.9.13-14.el9_8.2.s390x.rpm 25586c8e9598a42a1fd7846b72fd72d7e485b8df64ba6e5e82be3722f89a72e7
s390x python3-libxml2-2.9.13-14.el9_8.2.s390x.rpm 3ae2a21bda8326ccf213868daa4de4089f3c994e5eacd6e2b51bb82c5d0cfc73
s390x libxml2-2.9.13-14.el9_8.2.s390x.rpm 8199994954f2663ca149bc150e55f1dd721a5fd65f6bf92dfe5ec13e7374c989
x86_64 libxml2-devel-2.9.13-14.el9_8.2.x86_64.rpm 156d0b4a84e030549cb3b4d05da02e15f889c6c8dc024fd8cd71c994475ddad6
x86_64 python3-libxml2-2.9.13-14.el9_8.2.x86_64.rpm 5a2ca97dfc0676e595ac7c786b69c6fe6ec9d4855ac30151b3d0e5c59007c40d
x86_64 libxml2-2.9.13-14.el9_8.2.x86_64.rpm 64e185714f959c92350ae352e548f99842c4bb8394c657a22cf76d7934c0a80f

Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.

How to Apply the Fix

Update the affected packages on your server to the patched release, then restart the relevant services.

sudo dnf update
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