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Medium ALSA-2026:11349 1 CVE

Moderate: libxml2 security update

Published Apr 28, 2026 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Ecosystem: AlmaLinux

Summary

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

Security Fix(es):

* libxslt: libxml2: Inifinite recursion at exsltDynMapFunction function in libexslt/dynamic.c (CVE-2025-9714)

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.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 libxml2 2.9.7-21.el8_10.4
AlmaLinux · 8 libxml2-devel 2.9.7-21.el8_10.4
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-libxml2 2.9.7-21.el8_10.4

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 6.2
    CVE-2025-9714

    Stack overflow in libxml2

    Uncontrolled recursion in XPath evaluation in libxml2 up to and including version 2.9.14 allows a local attacker to cause a stack overflow via crafted expressions. XPath processing functions `xmlXPathRunEval`, `xmlXPathCtxtCompile`, and `xmlXPathEvalExpr` wer…

    libxml2 libxml2 libxml2 libxml2 Debian Ubuntu

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-9714
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2392605
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-11349.html