openSUSE 15.5 openCryptoki Moderate Update for CVE-2026-40253
suse
May 6, 2026
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.
Summary
## This update for openCryptoki fixes the following issues: * CVE-2026-40253: updated fix by IBM for malformed BER-encoded cryptographic objects (bsc#1263819) ## 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 15.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1723=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-1723=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586) * openCryptoki-devel-debuginfo-3.23.0-150500.3.18.1 * openCryptoki-3.23.0-150500.3.18.1 * openCryptoki-debuginfo-3.23.0-150500.3.18.1 * openCryptoki-debugsource-3.23.0-150500.3.18.1
Topics Covered
References
* bsc#1263819
Cross-
* CVE-2026-40253
CVSS scores:
* CVE-2026-40253 ( SUSE ): 7.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
* CVE-2026-40253 ( SUSE ): 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2026-40253 ( NVD ): 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2026-40253 ( NVD ): 6.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
* openSUSE Leap 15.5
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.
##
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40253.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263819
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NEXT Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1723-1
Release Date: 2026-05-06T14:57:31Z
Rating: moderate
Topics Covered
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