GNOME/libxml2 v2.13.6

on GNOME GitLab

Security

• [CVE-2025-24928] Fix stack-buffer-overflow in xmlSnprintfElements
  
• [CVE-2024-56171] Fix use-after-free after xmlSchemaItemListAdd
  
• pattern: Fix compilation of explicit child axis
  

Regressions

• xmllint: Support compressed input from stdin
  
• uri: Fix handling of Windows drive letters
  
• reader: Fix return value of xmlTextReaderReadString again
  
• SAX2: Fix xmlSAX2ResolveEntity if systemId is NULL
  

Portability

• dict: Handle ENOSYS from getentropy gracefully
  
• Fix compilation with uclibc (Dario Binacchi)
  
• python: Declare init func with PyMODINIT_FUNC
  
• tests: Fix sanitizer version check on old Apple clang
  
• cmake: Work around broken sys/random.h in old macOS SDKs
  

Build

• autotools: Set AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR
  
• cmake: Always build Python module as shared library
  
• cmake: add missing Bcrypt link on Windows (Saleem Abdulrasool)
  
• cmake: Fix compatibility in package version file