Red Hat alert RHSA-2026:70596-01 (libxml2)

An update for libxml2 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
Low. 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.

The libxml2 library is a development toolbox providing the implementation of
various XML standards.

Security Fix(es):

* libxml2: Stack Buffer Overflow in xmllint Interactive Shell Command
Handling (CVE-2025-6170)

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.

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