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openSUSE Leap 16.0 perl-HTML-Parser Moderate Memory Issue CVE-2026-8829

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Calendar Grey June 30, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Explore the moderate security update for openSUSE's perl-HTML-Parser addressing CVE-2026-8829 and one bug fix.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for perl-HTML-Parser fixes the following issue

- CVE-2026-8829: HTML:Entities versions before 3.84 for Perl read freed heap memory in _decode_entities (bsc#1267606).

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-16.0-991=1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate bug fix memory issue perl HTML Parser OpenSUSE

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

perl-HTML-Parser-3.830.0-160000.3.1

References

* bsc#1267606

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8829.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:21126-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate bug fix memory issue perl HTML Parser OpenSUSE

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