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openSUSE 16.0 cockpit-repos Important ReDoS Fix CVE-2026-26996

opensuse
Calendar Grey April 9, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An important openSUSE update for cockpit-repos addresses a ReDoS vulnerability enhancing system security.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for cockpit-repos fixes the following issue:

- CVE-2026-26996: minimatch: ReDoS when glob pattern contains many consecutive wildcards followed by a literal character

that doesn't appear in the test string (bsc#1258637).

Patch instructions:

To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-478=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory important OpenSUSE REDoS cockpit-repos cve-2026-26996

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

cockpit-repos-4.7-160000.2.1

References

* bsc#1258637

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-26996.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:20464-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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Topics Covered

security advisory important OpenSUSE REDoS cockpit-repos cve-2026-26996

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