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Fedora 39 libxml3 Important Security Warning 2040-40951-6

opensuse
Calendar Grey February 6, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update available for openSUSE libxml2 addressing a moderate severity issue and bug fix.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2026-0989: Fixed call stack exhaustion leading to application crash

due to RelaxNG parser not limiting the recursion depth when

resolving `` directives (bsc#1256805).

Patch instructions:

To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-244=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate application crash libxml2 OpenSUSE cross-reference

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

libxml2-2-2.13.8-160000.3.1

libxml2-devel-2.13.8-160000.3.1

libxml2-doc-2.13.8-160000.3.1

libxml2-tools-2.13.8-160000.3.1

python313-libxml2-2.13.8-160000.3.1

References

* bsc#1256805

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-0989.html

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20178-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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