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openSUSE perl-Crypt-SaltedHash Critical Remote Access Issues 2026-0230-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey July 6, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Critical security update available for openSUSE resolving two significant issues in perl-Crypt-SaltedHash.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

Description

This update for perl-Crypt-SaltedHash fixes the following issues:

- updated to 0.120.0 (0.12) see

/usr/share/doc/packages/perl-Crypt-SaltedHash/Changes 0.12

2026-05-23 07:29:34+01:00 Europe/London

- Add reference to Crypt::Passphrase::SaltedHash

- Removed DOS line-endings

- updated to 0.110.0 (0.11) 0.11 2026-05-20 14:05:07+01:00

Europe/London

- Fixed metadata

- Moved author tests into xt 0.10 2026-05-19

- Maintenance taken over by Robert Rothenberg

- Updated the Git Repository

- Updated copyright year

- Minimum Perl version is v5.6.0

- Added missing prerequisites, fixes RT#116392

- Security: Use system randomness source to generate the salt

CVE-2026-47372 boo#1265927

- Security: Use constant-time comparison of hashes CVE-2026-47373

boo#1265912

- Deprecated module

- Updated README

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical remote access OpenSUSE two issues perl-Crypt-SaltedHash

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-2026-230=1

Package List

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

perl-Crypt-SaltedHash-0.120.0-bp157.2.3.1

References

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-47372.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-47373.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265912

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1265927

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:0230-1
Rating: critical
Affected Products: openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP7

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security advisory critical remote access OpenSUSE two issues perl-Crypt-SaltedHash

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