Perl-XML-LibXML Security Update — AlmaLinux 9 (ALSA-2026:39553)
This is a security release for AlmaLinux 9. Update the product on every affected server to the patched release — there is no workaround, and unpatched servers remain exposed until updated.
Fix Commands
EL8+ (AlmaLinux/CloudLinux/Rocky)
sudo dnf updateWhat this means under a SharedLicense license
perl-xml-libxml on AlmaLinux 9 is the exposure surface; the advisory's own severity data tops out at CVSS .
This module implements a Perl interface to the GNOME libxml2 library which provides interfaces for parsing and manipulating XML files. This module allows Perl programmers to make use of the highly capable validating XML parser and the high performance DOM implementation.
Security Fix(es):
* perl-XML-LibXML: …
Type:
security
Severity:
important
Release date:
2026-07-16
Description:
This module implements a Perl interface to the GNOME libxml2 library which provides interfaces for parsing and manipulating XML files. This module allows Perl programmers to make use of the highly capable validating XML parser and the high performance DOM implementation.
Security Fix(es):
* perl-XML-LibXML: XML::LibXML: Denial of Service via truncated UTF-8 in XML node names (CVE-2026-8177)
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.
References:
Updated packages listed below:
| Architecture | Package | Checksum |
| aarch64 | perl-XML-LibXML-2.0206-5.el9_8.1.aarch64.rpm | 67330eaad07d4b7631f28d950dd746181cab6452d6e1a924ff42253560068c7d |
| ppc64le | perl-XML-LibXML-2.0206-5.el9_8.1.ppc64le.rpm | fd2cf3db7de8eca2ce73a9f15f200aff40d812e156a0ff0cedd914d51266bdc4 |
| s390x | perl-XML-LibXML-2.0206-5.el9_8.1.s390x.rpm | 9eeae95783b245bf1d8af1bc260fa4a7480bfa5438648b1d3ca820e771423ee2 |
| x86_64 | perl-XML-LibXML-2.0206-5.el9_8.1.x86_64.rpm | 2d8384ec390475abc3f2675f06ee00b8e70b179b79f649949e641e961be8ccac |
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.
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