Rocky Linux 8 users need to apply several new security patches that have been released by the distribution team recently. Critical updates include fixes for fontforge and perl-XML-Parser while moderate severity warnings cover nodejs and ruby components. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System base score rates each vulnerability for clarity. Administrators should visit the official errata pages linked in the announcement text to find full details now.

RLSA-2026:7677: Important: fontforge security update
RLSA-2026:7681: Important: perl-XML-Parser security update
RLSA-2026:7670: Important: nodejs:24 security update
RLSA-2026:8096: Moderate: perl:5.32 security update
RLSA-2023:7025: Moderate: ruby:2.5 security update

RLSA-2026:7677: Important: fontforge security update

An update is available for fontforge.
This update affects Rocky Linux 8.
A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list

RLSA-2026:7677: Important: fontforge security update

RLSA-2026:7681: Important: perl-XML-Parser security update

An update is available for perl-XML-Parser.
This update affects Rocky Linux 8.
A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list

RLSA-2026:7681: Important: perl-XML-Parser security update

RLSA-2026:7670: Important: nodejs:24 security update

An update is available for nodejs, module.nodejs-packaging, nodejs-packaging, module.nodejs, nodejs-nodemon, module.nodejs-nodemon.
This update affects Rocky Linux 8.
A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list

RLSA-2026:7670: Important: nodejs:24 security update

RLSA-2026:8096: Moderate: perl:5.32 security update

An update is available for module.perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo, module.perl-Text-Diff, module.perl-Carp, perl-Data-Section, perl-Pod-Simple, perl-File-Fetch, perl-parent, perl-CPAN-Meta, module.perl-Exporter, module.perl-File-Fetch, perl-Pod-Usage, module.perl-Pod-Checker, module.perl-PerlIO-via-QuotedPrint, module.perl-experimental, perl-Socket, perl-Compress-Bzip2, perl-Module-Load-Conditional, perl-Env, module.perl-ExtUtils-Install, perl-File-HomeDir, perl-Algorithm-Diff, module.perl-Math-BigRat, module.perl-File-HomeDir, perl-Filter, module.perl-Module-Build, module.perl-JSON-PP, perl-Scalar-List-Utils, perl-Module-CoreList, perl-Devel-PPPort, perl-Pod-Perldoc, perl-Encode, module.perl-Locale-Maketext, module.perl-bignum, perl-MRO-Compat, module.perl-Pod-Perldoc, module.perl-Pod-Parser, module.perl-Software-License, perl-Params-Util, module.perl-Devel-Size, perl-JSON-PP, perl-Time-HiRes, module.perl-Package-Generator, module.perl-Test-Simple, perl-Digest-SHA, perl-generators, module.perl-Perl-OSType, perl-Carp, perl-Data-OptList, module.perl-Socket, perl-Term-Cap, perl-IO-Compress-Lzma, perl-inc-latest, perl-Math-BigInt-FastCalc, perl-Archive-Zip, module.perl-threads, module.perl-Text-Tabs+Wrap, perl-Devel-Size, module.perl-generators, perl-threads, perl-Module-Metadata, perl-Package-Generator, perl-Time-Local, module.perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder, module.perl-File-Path, module.perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS, perl-File-Path, perl-Exporter, module.perl-Algorithm-Diff, module.perl-Test-Harness, perl-Unicode-Collate, perl-libnet, module.perl-inc-latest, module.perl-constant, perl-Fedora-VSP, perl-Text-Tabs+Wrap, perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib, module.perl-IO-Socket-IP, perl-Digest, perl-Params-Check, module.perl-Filter, module.perl-Pod-Escapes, module.perl-Sys-Syslog, module.perl-Term-Cap, module.perl-Text-Template, perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker, perl-File-Which, perl-Perl-OSType, module.perl-Text-Balanced, perl-Sub-Install, perl-bignum, module.perl-Digest, module.perl-libnet, module.perl-Compress-Bzip2, perl-experimental, module.perl-MIME-Base64, module.perl-Pod-Simple, perl-Text-ParseWords, perl-Data-Dumper, module.perl-Devel-PPPort, module.perl-Encode-Locale, perl-Compress-Raw-Lzma, module.perl-Module-Load-Conditional, module.perl-Data-Dumper, module.perl-perlfaq, module.perl-Sub-Install, perl-ExtUtils-ParseXS, module.perl-Module-Metadata, module.perl-Params-Check, module.perl-Pod-Usage, module.perl-Getopt-Long, module.perl-Data-OptList, perl-Filter-Simple, module.perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML, module.perl-URI, module.perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2, module.perl-Text-Glob, module.perl-IPC-SysV, module.perl-Term-Table, module.perl-Digest-MD5, perl-perlfaq, module.perl-DB_File, module.perl-CPAN-Meta, module.perl-Object-HashBase, module.perl-Module-Load, module.perl-Filter-Simple, perl-local-lib, perl-Archive-Tar, module.perl-Storable, module.perl-Text-ParseWords, perl-HTTP-Tiny, perl-version, module.perl-autodie, perl-podlators, module.perl-MRO-Compat, perl-Locale-Maketext, perl-Math-BigRat, module.perl-Encode, perl-CPAN, perl-Config-Perl-V, perl-IPC-Cmd, perl-Pod-Escapes, perl-DB_File, module.perl-Sub-Exporter, module.perl-Digest-SHA, module.perl-Math-BigInt-FastCalc, perl-Encode-Locale, module.perl-Params-Util, perl-CPAN-Meta-YAML, module.perl-ExtUtils-MakeMaker, module.perl-podlators, module.perl-Config-Perl-V, perl-MIME-Base64, module.perl-PathTools, perl-Storable, perl-Sub-Exporter, module.perl-Term-ANSIColor, perl-Sys-Syslog, module.perl-version, perl-URI, perl-Text-Glob, module.perl-CPAN, module.perl-Math-BigInt, module.perl-Archive-Tar, perl-Software-License, module.perl-parent, perl-PathTools, module.perl-Unicode-Normalize, module.perl-Compress-Raw-Lzma, module.perl-ExtUtils-Manifest, perl-Compress-Raw-Bzip2, perl-Unicode-Normalize, module.perl-IPC-Cmd, perl-Text-Diff, perl-autodie, module.perl-Fedora-VSP, perl-Thread-Queue, perl-Term-ANSIColor, module.perl-Archive-Zip, module.perl-File-Temp, perl-PerlIO-via-QuotedPrint, perl-Text-Balanced, perl-ExtUtils-Manifest, module.perl-File-Which, perl-threads-shared, perl-IPC-SysV, perl-CPAN-DistnameInfo, module.perl-Importer, perl-Test-Simple, perl-Module-Load, perl-Math-BigInt, module.perl-Compress-Raw-Zlib, perl-ExtUtils-Install, module.perl-Time-HiRes, perl-Object-HashBase, perl-Pod-Checker, module.perl-Data-Section, perl-Importer, perl-Text-Template, perl-constant, module.perl-Env, perl-ExtUtils-CBuilder, perl-File-Temp, module.perl-Unicode-Collate, perl-Getopt-Long, module.perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements, perl-CPAN-Meta-Requirements, module.perl-HTTP-Tiny, module.perl-IPC-System-Simple, perl-Digest-MD5, perl-IPC-System-Simple, module.perl-Scalar-List-Utils, perl-IO-Compress, module.perl-Thread-Queue, perl-Pod-Parser, module.perl-local-lib, module.perl-IO-Compress-Lzma, module.perl-threads-shared, module.perl-Time-Local, module.perl-Module-CoreList, perl-Test-Harness, perl-Term-Table, perl-Module-Build, perl-IO-Socket-IP, module.perl-IO-Compress.
This update affects Rocky Linux 8.
A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list

RLSA-2026:8096: Moderate: perl:5.32 security update

RLSA-2023:7025: Moderate: ruby:2.5 security update

An update is available for rubygem-bson, module.rubygem-bundler, rubygem-bundler, rubygem-abrt, module.rubygem-mongo, module.rubygem-pg, rubygem-mysql2, module.rubygem-mysql2, ruby, module.rubygem-abrt, module.rubygem-bson, rubygem-pg, module.ruby, rubygem-mongo.
This update affects Rocky Linux 8.
A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list

RLSA-2023:7025: Moderate: ruby:2.5 security update