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openSUSE harfbuzz Moderate NULL Pointer Dereference Fix 2026-0287-1

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Calendar Grey January 26, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An important update for harfbuzz resolves a NULL pointer dereference issue with moderate severity for openSUSE users.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for harfbuzz fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2026-22693: Fixed a NULL pointer dereference in

SubtableUnicodesCache::create (bsc#1256459).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate null pointer OpenSUSE HarfBuzz dereference

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 15.6

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-287=1 SUSE-2026-287=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-287=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* harfbuzz-devel-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

* libharfbuzz-gobject0-debuginfo-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

* libharfbuzz-subset0-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

* harfbuzz-tools-debuginfo-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

* harfbuzz-debugsource-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

* libharfbuzz-gobject0-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

* libharfbuzz-icu0-debuginfo-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

* typelib-1_0-HarfBuzz-0_0-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

* libharfbuzz-icu0-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

* libharfbuzz-subset0-debuginfo-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

* libharfbuzz0-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

* libharfbuzz-cairo0-debuginfo-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

* harfbuzz-tools-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

* libharfbuzz0-debuginfo-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

* libharfbuzz-cairo0-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* libharfbuzz-cairo0-32bit-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

* libharfbuzz-icu0-32bit-debuginfo-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

* libharfbuzz-gobject0-32bit-debuginfo-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

* libharfbuzz0-32bit-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

* libharfbuzz-gobject0-32bit-8.3.0-150600.3.3.1

*...

Read the Full Advisory

References

* bsc#1256459

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-22693.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256459

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0287-1
Release Date: 2026-01-23T23:35:55Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate null pointer OpenSUSE HarfBuzz dereference

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