diff --git a/libxml2-2.9.7-CVE-2024-25062.patch b/libxml2-2.9.7-CVE-2024-25062.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..936004d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libxml2-2.9.7-CVE-2024-25062.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From b9d4ab2fd6b7da380edab777a0414ef254804f0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Nick Wellnhofer <wellnhofer@aevum.de>
+Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2023 22:45:54 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] [CVE-2024-25062] xmlreader: Don't expand XIncludes when
+ backtracking
+
+Fixes a use-after-free if XML Reader if used with DTD validation and
+XInclude expansion.
+
+Fixes #604.
+---
+ xmlreader.c | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/xmlreader.c b/xmlreader.c
+index 34c4c6bc..8f2f9131 100644
+--- a/xmlreader.c
++++ b/xmlreader.c
+@@ -1511,6 +1511,7 @@ node_found:
+      * Handle XInclude if asked for
+      */
+     if ((reader->xinclude) && (reader->node != NULL) &&
++        (reader->state != XML_TEXTREADER_BACKTRACK) &&
+ 	(reader->node->type == XML_ELEMENT_NODE) &&
+ 	(reader->node->ns != NULL) &&
+ 	((xmlStrEqual(reader->node->ns->href, XINCLUDE_NS)) ||
+-- 
+2.44.0
+
diff --git a/libxml2.spec b/libxml2.spec
index 4007dcc..f44d626 100644
--- a/libxml2.spec
+++ b/libxml2.spec
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 Name:           libxml2
 Version:        2.9.7
-Release:        18%{?dist}
+Release:        18%{?dist}.1
 Summary:        Library providing XML and HTML support
 
 License:        MIT
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ Patch22:         libxml2-2.9.13-CVE-2023-28484.2.patch
 Patch23:         libxml2-2.9.7-CVE-2023-29469.patch
 # https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-5179
 Patch24:         libxml2-2.11.0-fix-CVE-2023-39615.patch
+# https://issues.redhat.com/browse/RHEL-31056
+Patch25:         libxml2-2.9.7-CVE-2024-25062.patch
 
 BuildRequires:  gcc
 BuildRequires:  cmake-rpm-macros
@@ -233,6 +235,9 @@ gzip -9 -c doc/libxml2-api.xml > doc/libxml2-api.xml.gz
 %{python3_sitearch}/libxml2mod.so
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Apr 29 2024 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 2.9.7-18.1
+- Fix CVE-2024-25062 (RHEL-31056)
+
 * Thu Sep 14 2023 David King <amigadave@amigadave.com> - 2.9.7-18
 - Fix CVE-2023-39615 (RHEL-5179)