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openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7 Key perl-CryptX Security Update 2026-0170-1

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Calendar Grey May 20, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
OpenSUSE Security Update addresses important issues in perl-CryptX, fixing critical flaws and enhancing security.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

This update for perl-CryptX fixes the following issues:

- updated to 0.89.0 (0.089) 0.089 2026-05-10

- new: Crypt::ASN1

- new: Crypt::AuthEnc::SIV

- new: Crypt::AuthEnc::XChaCha20Poly1305

- new: Crypt::Cipher::SM4

- new: Crypt::Digest::TurboSHAKE

- new: Crypt::Digest::KangarooTwelve

- new: Crypt::PK::Ed448

- new: Crypt::PK::X448

- new: Crypt::Stream::XChaCha

- new: Crypt::Stream::XSalsa20

- Crypt::PK::Ed25519 - new functions: sign_message_ctx,

verify_message_ctx, sign_message_ph, verify_message_ph

- Crypt::Digest: object digest accessors now finalize the

object; use reset() before reuse

- Crypt::Mac + Crypt::AuthEnc: finalized-object lifecycle is now

enforced consistently

- security/hardening fixes across

Digest/Mac/AuthEnc/Mode/Stream/PK/PRNG

- fixes related to...

Read the Full Advisory

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory important OpenSUSE perl-CryptX cve-2025-40914 cve-2026-41564

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-2026-170=1

Package List

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64):

perl-CryptX-0.89.0-bp157.2.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40914.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41564.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1244472

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1262697

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:0170-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory important OpenSUSE perl-CryptX cve-2025-40914 cve-2026-41564

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