Security update for libxml2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3096-1
Release Date: 2026-07-17T11:39:17Z
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2026-11979 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • CVE-2026-11979 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • CVE-2026-11979 ( NVD ): 1.8 CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
  • CVE-2026-11979 ( NVD ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected Products:
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description:

This update for libxml2 fixes the following issue

  • CVE-2026-11979: stack-based buffer overflows in the xmlcatalog utility when running in --shell mode (bsc#1269790).

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-3096=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2026-3096=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-3096=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-3096=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-3096=1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-3096=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-3096=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-3096=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python311-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-devel-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python3-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python3-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python311-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-devel-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python3-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-devel-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
    • libxml2-doc-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64_ilp32)
    • libxml2-2-64bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-64bit-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-devel-64bit-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python311-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-devel-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python3-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python311-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-devel-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python3-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python311-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-devel-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python3-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python311-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-devel-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python3-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (x86_64)
    • libxml2-2-32bit-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-32bit-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • libxml2-python-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python311-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python311-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-debugsource-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-devel-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python3-libxml2-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-tools-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • python3-libxml2-debuginfo-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1
    • libxml2-tools-2.10.3-150500.5.41.1

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