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openSUSE Leap 15.6 sed Moderate TOCTOU Race Condition Vuln 2026-1941-1

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Calendar Grey May 18, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Fixes race condition in sed for openSUSE to prevent potential data exposure. Update now for enhanced security.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for sed fixes the following issue:

* CVE-2026-5958: a TOCTOU race can allow to read attacker-controlled content

and write it to an unintended file (bsc#1262144).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update race condition 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 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-1941=1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-1941=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)

* sed-4.9-150600.3.3.1

* sed-debugsource-4.9-150600.3.3.1

* sed-debuginfo-4.9-150600.3.3.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* sed-lang-4.9-150600.3.3.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* sed-4.9-150600.3.3.1

* sed-debugsource-4.9-150600.3.3.1

* sed-debuginfo-4.9-150600.3.3.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (noarch)

* sed-lang-4.9-150600.3.3.1

References

* bsc#1262144

## References:

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

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1941-1
Release Date: 2026-05-18T07:44:39Z
Affected Products: * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update race condition OpenSUSE TOCTOU sed

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