cPanel, L.L.C. has released an update for EasyApache 4!  Take a look at some highlights below, and then join us on the cPanel Community Forums, Discord, or Reddit to talk about this update and much more. If you have additional questions, feel free to reach out on one of our social channels.

• ea-libcurl
  • EA-12710: Update ea-libcurl from v8.12.0 to v8.12.1

• ea-passenger-src
  • EA-12705: Update ea-passenger-src from v6.0.24 to v6.0.25

• ea-apache24-mod-passenger
  • EA-12705: ea-passenger-src was updated from v6.0.24 to v6.0.25

• ea-libxml2
  • EA-12713: Update ea-libxml2 from v2.13.5 to v2.13.6
    • [CVE-2025-24928] Fix stack-buffer-overflow in xmlSnprintfElements
    • [CVE-2024-56171] Fix use-after-free after xmlSchemaItemListAdd

• ea-scl-sourceguardian
  • EA-12711: Update ea-scl-sourceguardian from v16.0.0 to v16.0.1

• ea-php83
  • EA-12708: Update ea-php83 from v8.3.16 to v8.3.17

• ea-php83-meta
  • EA-12708: Update ea-php83 from v8.3.16 to v8.3.17

• ea-php84
  • EA-12709: Update ea-php84 from v8.4.3 to v8.4.4

• ea-php84-meta
  • EA-12709: Update ea-php84 from v8.4.3 to v8.4.4

• ea-ruby27-rubygem-rack
  • EA-12706: Update ea-ruby27-rubygem-rack from v2.2.10 to v2.2.11

• ea-ruby27-libuv
  • EA-12684: Update ea-ruby27-libuv from v1.48.0 to v1.50.0

• ea-nginx-headers-more
  • EA-12691: Update ea-nginx-headers-more from v0.37 to v0.38

• ea-nginx-passenger
  • EA-12724: ea-passenger-src was updated from v6.0.24 to v6.0.25

SUMMARY

cPanel, L.L.C. has updated packages for EasyApache 4 with an updated versions libxml2. This release addresses vulnerabilities related to CVE-2025-24928 and CVE-2024-56171. We strongly encourage all libxml2 users to update to version 2.13.6.

AFFECTED VERSIONS
All versions of libxml2 through 2.13.5

SECURITY RATING
The National Vulnerability Database (NIST) has given the following severity ratings to these CVEs:

CVE-2025-24928 – MEDIUM
libxml2 2.13.6
Fixed vulnerability related to CVE-2025-24928

CVE-2024-56171 – MEDIUM
libxml2 2.13.6
Fixed vulnerability related to CVE-2024-56171

SOLUTION
cPanel, L.L.C. has released updated packages for EasyApache 4 25.6 on 2025 February 19, with libxml2 version 2.13.6. Unless you have enabled automatic package updates in your cron, update your system with either your package manager or WHM’s Run System Update interface.

REFERENCES
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-24928
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56171
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2/-/releases

Information about all releases this year can be found in the 2025 EasyApache 4 Changelog.

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