Overly broad permissions can turn one compromised account into a much larger security problem. Learn how to reduce unnecessary access, review privileges, and apply least privilege across modern Linux systems. Review Linux Privileges×

Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 506
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 506

openSUSE Leap 16.0 opam Important Security Update 2026-21380-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey July 21, 2026
Scroller Opensuse
Install the latest openSUSE security update to address critical issues in opam and patch important vulnerabilities today.
An update that solves 2 vulnerabilities and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for opam fixes the following issues:

Changes in opam:

- Update to version 2.5.2 (CVE-2026-57825)

see included CHANGES file for details

- Update to version 2.5.1 (CVE-2026-41082 bsc#1262281)

see included CHANGES file for details

- Update to version 2.5.0

see included CHANGES file for details

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-packagehub-431=1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory bug fix patch important OpenSUSE opam

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

opam-2.5.2-bp160.1.1

opam-devel-2.5.2-bp160.1.1

opam-installer-2.5.2-bp160.1.1

References

* bsc#1262281

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41082.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-57825.html

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:21380-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory bug fix patch important OpenSUSE opam

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.