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openSUSE perl-CGI-Session Moderate Cryptographic Threat Update 2026-0240-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey July 12, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Moderate CVE-2026-56016 security fix available for perl-CGI-Session in openSUSE to strengthen cryptographic randomness.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for perl-CGI-Session fixes the following issues:

- updated to 4.490.0 (4.49) see

/usr/share/doc/packages/perl-CGI-Session/Changelog.ini

* SECURITY: Strengthen cryptographic randomness of MD5 driver,

CVE-2026-56016 (boo#1269983)

- Normalize CPAN version See

https://github.com/openSUSE/cpanspec/issues/47 for details

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate OpenSUSE perl-CGI-Session CVE-2026-56016 cryptographic randomness

Patch

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 Backports SLE-15-SP7:

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2026-240=1

Package List

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7 (noarch):

perl-CGI-Session-4.490.0-bp157.2.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-56016.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1269983

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:0240-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate OpenSUSE perl-CGI-Session CVE-2026-56016 cryptographic randomness

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