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RockyLinux 10 : perl-XML-LibXML (RLSA-2026:39547)

high Nessus Plugin ID 327195

Synopsis

The remote RockyLinux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RLSA-2026:39547 advisory.

 * perl-XML-LibXML: XML::LibXML: Denial of Service via truncated UTF-8 in XML node names (CVE-2026-8177)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the RockyLinux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected perl-XML-LibXML, perl-XML-LibXML-debuginfo and / or perl-XML-LibXML-debugsource packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2468684

https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:39547

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 327195

File Name: rocky_linux_RLSA-2026-39547.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 7/16/2026

Updated: 7/16/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

Percentile: 96.44

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-8177

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-xml-libxml, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-xml-libxml-debugsource, cpe:/o:rocky:linux:10, p-cpe:/a:rocky:linux:perl-xml-libxml-debuginfo

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/15/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/10/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-8177