{"id":"RLSA-2026:61248","summary":"Moderate: libxml2 security update","details":"The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of various XML standards.\n\nSecurity Fix(es):\n\n* libxml2: libxml2: Arbitrary code execution in xmlcatalog utility via buffer overflow (CVE-2026-11979)\n\nFor 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.","modified":"2026-08-31T12:30:03.039059571Z","published":"2026-08-31T12:01:18.720066Z","upstream":["CVE-2026-11979"],"database_specific":{"source_advisory":"RHSA-2026:61248","license":"CC-BY-4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:61248"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2494191"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61248"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libxml2","ecosystem":"Rocky Linux:8","purl":"pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/libxml2?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=0"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0:2.9.7-21.el8_10.7"}],"database_specific":{"yum_repository":"BaseOS"}}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:61248.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"}],"credits":[{"name":"Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation"},{"name":"Red Hat"}]}