RHSA-2026:14832MediumCVSS 6.2

Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update

Published
May 7, 2026
Last Modified
August 26, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-9714 →

📋 Description

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

🎯 Affected products40

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS AUS (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-devel-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-devel-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-devel-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v.8.4)
  • libxml2-devel-0:2.9.7-9.el8_4.9.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS EXTENSION (v.8.4)
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✅ Remediation

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to: https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258 Workaround: The impact of this flaw may be reduced by setting strict resource limits to the stack size of processes at the operational system level. This can be achieved either through the 'ulimit' shell built-in or the 'limits.conf' file.

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