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openSUSE Leap 16.0 perl-XML-LibXML Major Heap Memory Update 2026-20908

openSUSE Leap 16.0 perl-XML-LibXML Major Heap Memory Update 2026-20908

Linuxsecurity •LinuxSecurity Advisories • June 8, 2026

- CVE-2026-8177: read out-of-bounds heap memory when parsing XML node names containing truncated UTF-8 byte sequences

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:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-893=1

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

perl-XML-LibXML-2.0210-160000.3.1

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