RHSA-2026:79119LowCVSS 2.5

Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security update

Published
October 8, 2026
Last Modified
October 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-6170 →

📋 Description

CVE-2025-6170 — libxml2: Stack Buffer Overflow in xmllint Interactive Shell Command Handling

🎯 Affected products49

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debuginfo-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS TUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.ppc64le as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream TUS (v.8.8)
  • libxml2-debugsource-0:2.9.7-16.el8_8.15.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.8.8)
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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: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to a widespread installation base, or stability. It is strongly recommended to apply the upstream patch once available.

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