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openSUSE Leap 16.0 Beets Moderate Web Issue Fix SUSE-SU-2026-21383-1

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Calendar Grey July 21, 2026
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The openSUSE update addresses a moderate security issue in beets affecting web UI template interpolation methods.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one bug fix can now be installed.

Description

This update for beets fixes the following issues:

Changes in beets:

- CVE-2026-42052: Prior to version 2.10.0, the bundled web UI uses Underscore

template interpolation mode <%= ... %> for untrusted metadata fields. (boo#1263988)

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-434=1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate cross site scripting OpenSUSE web ui beets

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

beets-2.2.0-bp160.2.1

References

* bsc#1263988

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42052.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:21383-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate cross site scripting OpenSUSE web ui beets

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