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openSUSE openbabel Moderate Out Of Bounds Issue 2026-0220-1 CVE-2026-2704

opensuse
Calendar Grey June 27, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Update available for openbabel on openSUSE fixing bounds-checking issue for CVE-2026-2704.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Description

This update for openbabel fixes the following issues:

- CVE-2026-2704: bounds-check the transform3d DescribeAsString() matrix

scan to fix an

out-of-bounds read on crafted CIF input (boo#1258501)

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate out-of-bounds OpenSUSE bounds check openbabel

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-2026-220=1

Package List

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

libinchi0-2.4.1-bp157.2.3.1

libopenbabel5-2.4.1-bp157.2.3.1

openbabel-2.4.1-bp157.2.3.1

openbabel-devel-2.4.1-bp157.2.3.1

python3-openbabel-2.4.1-bp157.2.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7 (aarch64_ilp32):

libinchi0-64bit-2.4.1-bp157.2.3.1

libopenbabel5-64bit-2.4.1-bp157.2.3.1

- openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7 (x86_64):

libinchi0-32bit-2.4.1-bp157.2.3.1

libopenbabel5-32bit-2.4.1-bp157.2.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2704.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1258501

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:0220-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate out-of-bounds OpenSUSE bounds check openbabel

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