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<title>
ELSA-2026-69655:  libxml2 security, bug fix, and enhancement update (MODERATE)
</title>
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<platform>Oracle Linux 8</platform>

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<reference source="elsa" ref_id="ELSA-2026-69655" ref_url="https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2026-69655.html"/>
<reference source="CVE" ref_id="CVE-2026-6653" ref_url="https://linux.oracle.com/cve/CVE-2026-6653.html"/>

<description>
[2.9.7-21.8]
- Lower xpath recursion limits (RHEL-249282)

[2.9.7-21.8]
- Fix CVE-2026-6653 (RHEL-215616)
</description>
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<rights>Copyright 2026 Oracle, Inc.</rights>
<issued date="2026-09-23"/>
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<!--
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   rpminfo states   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 
-->
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