MediumFix available
Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Type: advisorySources: OSV
- Products
- libxml2, libxml2-debuginfo, libxml2-debugsource, libxml2-devel, python3-libxml2, python3-libxml2-debuginfo
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.8
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-6653
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 17:48 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 22 Sept 2026, 10:20 UTC
Red Hat Security Advisory: libxml2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update
osv:RHSA-2026:69655
libxml2-debuginfo
Fixed versions: 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.8
libxml2-debugsource
Fixed versions: 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.8
libxml2-devel
Fixed versions: 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.8
python3-libxml2-debuginfo
Fixed versions: 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.8
libxml2
Fixed versions: 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.8
libxml2-debuginfo
Fixed versions: 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.8
libxml2-debugsource
Fixed versions: 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.8
python3-libxml2
Fixed versions: 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.8
python3-libxml2-debuginfo
Fixed versions: 0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.8
Complete source record
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