Backport #29788 to branch v25.2.x. This issue was created as a placeholder because the original PR's commit(s) could not be automatically cherry-picked.
Here are the commands to execute:
git checkout v25.2.x
git checkout -b manual-backport-29788-v25.2.x-555
git cherry-pick -x f65ea2df4c a75077fe1b 15f4119d0f
git push origin manual-backport-29788-v25.2.x-555
gh pr create \
--title "[v25.2.x] build/deps: upgrade libxml2 to v2.15.2 (CVE-2026-0990)" \
--base "v25.2.x" \
--label "kind/backport" \
--head "manual-backport-29788-v25.2.x-555" \
--draft \
--repo "redpanda-data/redpanda" \
--milestone "v25.2.x-next" \
--body "Backport of PR https://github.com/redpanda-data/redpanda/pull/29788 "
Backport #29788 to branch v25.2.x. This issue was created as a placeholder because the original PR's commit(s) could not be automatically cherry-picked.
Here are the commands to execute: