[El-errata] ELSA-2026-69655 Moderate: Oracle Linux 8 libxml2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update

[Errata Announcements for Oracle Linux]

Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2026-69655

http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-69655.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 8 have been uploaded to the Unbreakable Linux Network:

x86_64:
libxml2-2.9.7-21.el8_10.8.i686.rpm
libxml2-2.9.7-21.el8_10.8.x86_64.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.9.7-21.el8_10.8.i686.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.9.7-21.el8_10.8.x86_64.rpm
python3-libxml2-2.9.7-21.el8_10.8.x86_64.rpm

aarch64:
libxml2-2.9.7-21.el8_10.8.aarch64.rpm
libxml2-devel-2.9.7-21.el8_10.8.aarch64.rpm
python3-libxml2-2.9.7-21.el8_10.8.aarch64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/ol8/SRPMS-updates/libxml2-2.9.7-21.el8_10.8.src.rpm

Related CVEs:

CVE-2026-6653




Description of changes:

[2.9.7-21.8]
- Lower xpath recursion limits (RHEL-249282)

[2.9.7-21.8]
- Fix CVE-2026-6653 (RHEL-215616)