- Issued:
- 2026-09-17
- Updated:
- 2026-09-17
RHSA-2026:68632 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Important: perl-XML-LibXML security update
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Important
Red Hat Lightspeed patch analysis
Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.
Topic
An update for perl-XML-LibXML is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
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.
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:
Affected Products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 10.0 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 10.0 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 10.0 aarch64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 10.0 aarch64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 10.0 s390x
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - 4 years of support 10.0 ppc64le
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - 4 years of updates 10.0 x86_64
Fixes
- BZ - 2468684 - CVE-2026-8177 perl-XML-LibXML: XML::LibXML: Denial of Service via truncated UTF-8 in XML node names
CVEs
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 10.0
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| perl-XML-LibXML-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: f2b8e0220cd0874a6f87cc2682d0f7f22bd21a758f74d326ae4b0e10c93f11fb |
| x86_64 | |
| perl-XML-LibXML-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f068b2f5b2471d30da30cd06f8c4cb3d58cd739cbec39ad67a6bda0f4ffa90d4 |
| perl-XML-LibXML-debuginfo-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5661cc7c3d098937ecbcfe3838dd82d871d6a35454217ea8c6e7d526799ee679 |
| perl-XML-LibXML-debugsource-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2bd81394874327fd37ba48f1684402581a5a9e33388a456ffdd2f8ef4519e74d |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 10.0
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| perl-XML-LibXML-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: f2b8e0220cd0874a6f87cc2682d0f7f22bd21a758f74d326ae4b0e10c93f11fb |
| s390x | |
| perl-XML-LibXML-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: dcedc31f30305a4a3f7ab55cdae9102bad92e4885ca2095bd37ca81a7383e961 |
| perl-XML-LibXML-debuginfo-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 456c82cf73281f0e3bc577e69a693c0efa637a07a2fd40506ffe5f81c590a2ce |
| perl-XML-LibXML-debugsource-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 7a47b2711a5c83eb005556a42b57be3378c9b1fa6a1a6d71fd9ba0f0f45d58cb |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - Extended Update Support 10.0
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| perl-XML-LibXML-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: f2b8e0220cd0874a6f87cc2682d0f7f22bd21a758f74d326ae4b0e10c93f11fb |
| ppc64le | |
| perl-XML-LibXML-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 20afc81226e844492101edbffe632aad229e872a1cb34a27dce1941e94e19eb3 |
| perl-XML-LibXML-debuginfo-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 5e84f8cbf5f503af5ed67e2d442eb5888a1254ea664be5564a209b5589521ad8 |
| perl-XML-LibXML-debugsource-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 96b519eaabf9a87cafa94181b76af1aa89630e819729a252f8f86b876344ba12 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - Extended Update Support 10.0
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| perl-XML-LibXML-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: f2b8e0220cd0874a6f87cc2682d0f7f22bd21a758f74d326ae4b0e10c93f11fb |
| aarch64 | |
| perl-XML-LibXML-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.aarch64.rpm | SHA-256: 42555f1000eaf8a7eeb390f38395234481ec09c1fa05b6022e7ab2caaae0be89 |
| perl-XML-LibXML-debuginfo-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.aarch64.rpm | SHA-256: d01f61a3eb6c8ebfa6db75cf39df61af57c7c0e4e4f3551e9171bfc763fbe913 |
| perl-XML-LibXML-debugsource-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.aarch64.rpm | SHA-256: f32ec1f50f68d1c0773447bb6f1ebfc9243b6fce771a53bd2b10498991a49cc6 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 - 4 years of updates 10.0
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| perl-XML-LibXML-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: f2b8e0220cd0874a6f87cc2682d0f7f22bd21a758f74d326ae4b0e10c93f11fb |
| aarch64 | |
| perl-XML-LibXML-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.aarch64.rpm | SHA-256: 42555f1000eaf8a7eeb390f38395234481ec09c1fa05b6022e7ab2caaae0be89 |
| perl-XML-LibXML-debuginfo-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.aarch64.rpm | SHA-256: d01f61a3eb6c8ebfa6db75cf39df61af57c7c0e4e4f3551e9171bfc763fbe913 |
| perl-XML-LibXML-debugsource-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.aarch64.rpm | SHA-256: f32ec1f50f68d1c0773447bb6f1ebfc9243b6fce771a53bd2b10498991a49cc6 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - 4 years of updates 10.0
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| perl-XML-LibXML-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: f2b8e0220cd0874a6f87cc2682d0f7f22bd21a758f74d326ae4b0e10c93f11fb |
| s390x | |
| perl-XML-LibXML-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: dcedc31f30305a4a3f7ab55cdae9102bad92e4885ca2095bd37ca81a7383e961 |
| perl-XML-LibXML-debuginfo-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 456c82cf73281f0e3bc577e69a693c0efa637a07a2fd40506ffe5f81c590a2ce |
| perl-XML-LibXML-debugsource-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.s390x.rpm | SHA-256: 7a47b2711a5c83eb005556a42b57be3378c9b1fa6a1a6d71fd9ba0f0f45d58cb |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian - 4 years of support 10.0
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| perl-XML-LibXML-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: f2b8e0220cd0874a6f87cc2682d0f7f22bd21a758f74d326ae4b0e10c93f11fb |
| ppc64le | |
| perl-XML-LibXML-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 20afc81226e844492101edbffe632aad229e872a1cb34a27dce1941e94e19eb3 |
| perl-XML-LibXML-debuginfo-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 5e84f8cbf5f503af5ed67e2d442eb5888a1254ea664be5564a209b5589521ad8 |
| perl-XML-LibXML-debugsource-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.ppc64le.rpm | SHA-256: 96b519eaabf9a87cafa94181b76af1aa89630e819729a252f8f86b876344ba12 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - 4 years of updates 10.0
| SRPM | |
|---|---|
| perl-XML-LibXML-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.src.rpm | SHA-256: f2b8e0220cd0874a6f87cc2682d0f7f22bd21a758f74d326ae4b0e10c93f11fb |
| x86_64 | |
| perl-XML-LibXML-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: f068b2f5b2471d30da30cd06f8c4cb3d58cd739cbec39ad67a6bda0f4ffa90d4 |
| perl-XML-LibXML-debuginfo-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 5661cc7c3d098937ecbcfe3838dd82d871d6a35454217ea8c6e7d526799ee679 |
| perl-XML-LibXML-debugsource-2.0210-4.el10_0.1.x86_64.rpm | SHA-256: 2bd81394874327fd37ba48f1684402581a5a9e33388a456ffdd2f8ef4519e74d |
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