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openSUSE perl-GD Important Command Injection Fix CVE-2026-11526 2026-0209-1

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Calendar Grey June 18, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
A crucial update for openSUSE perl-GD addresses an important command injection issue identified as CVE-2026-11526.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for perl-GD fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2026-11526: Fixed a command injection and file overwrite via a 2-arg

open() of filename arguments in _make_filehandle (boo#1268240)

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Topics Covered

security advisory file overwrite important command injection OpenSUSE perl-GD

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-2026-209=1

Package List

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

perl-GD-2.76-bp157.2.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-11526.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1268240

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:0209-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7

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Topics Covered

security advisory file overwrite important command injection OpenSUSE perl-GD

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