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High 2026-07-16

Perl-XML-LibXML Security Update — AlmaLinux 9 (ALSA-2026:39553)

AlmaLinux 9

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: …

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.

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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