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openSUSE 15.3 Sed Moderate TOCTOU Race Advisory SUSE-2026-1659-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey April 29, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An update for openSUSE addressing a moderate issue in sed that can allow arbitrary file overwrite.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for sed fixes the following issues:

* CVE-2026-5958: TOCTOU race allows write of user-controlled content to

unintended files and can lead to arbitrary file overwrite (bsc#1262144).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate arbitrary overwrite OpenSUSE TOCTOU sed

Patch

## Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 Leap 15.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1659=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-1659=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-1659=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-1659=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-1659=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-1659=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2026-1659=1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2026-1659=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* sed-debugsource-4.4-150300.13.6.1

* sed-debuginfo-4.4-150300.13.6.1

* sed-4.4-150300.13.6.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.3 (noarch)

* sed-lang-4.4-150300.13.6.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* sed-debugsource-4.4-150300.13.6.1

* sed-debuginfo-4.4-150300.13.6.1

* sed-4.4-150300.13.6.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* sed-debugsource-4.4-150300.13.6.1

* sed-debuginfo-4.4-150300.13.6.1

* sed-4.4-150300.13.6.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* sed-debugsource-4.4-150300.13.6.1

* sed-debuginfo-4.4-150300.13.6.1

* sed-4.4-150300.13.6.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 (aarch64 s390x x86_64)

* sed-debugsource-4.4-150300.13.6.1

* sed-debuginfo-4.4-150300.13.6.1

* sed-4.4-150300.13.6.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* sed-debugsource-4.4-150300.13.6.1

* sed-debuginfo-4.4-150300.13.6.1

* sed-4.4-150300.13.6.1

* SUSE Linux Enterprise...

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References

* bsc#1262144

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5958.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262144

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1659-1
Release Date: 2026-04-29T11:09:24Z
Affected Products: * openSUSE Leap 15.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

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