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openSUSE Leap 16.0 sed Moderate TOCTOU Race Condition Fix 2026-21024-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey June 30, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
An update for openSUSE addresses a TOCTOU race vulnerability in sed with moderate severity. Update recommended.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one bug fix 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).

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 Leap 16.0

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-1036=1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate bug fix OpenSUSE TOCTOU sed

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

sed-4.9-160000.3.1

sed-lang-4.9-160000.3.1

References

* bsc#1262144

References:

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

Severity
moderate
Lowest
Low
Medium
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Critical

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:21024-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate bug fix OpenSUSE TOCTOU sed

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