This update for libyang fixes the following issues
* CVE-2026-41401: use-after-free in `lyd_parser_set_data_flags` when
processing crafted YANG XML documents with specific metadata attributes
(bsc#1266316).
* CVE-2026-44673: integer overflow in `lyb_read_string()` of
`src/parser_lyb.c` leads to heap buffer overflow when parsing a maliciously
crafted LYB binary blob (bsc#1265330).
## 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 15.5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-2335=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-2335=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-2335=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-2335=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP6-LTSS-2026-2335=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP5-2026-2335=1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-2335=1
* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
* libyang-debuginfo-2.1.55-150500.3.5.1
* libyang-debugsource-2.1.55-150500.3.5.1
* yang-tools-debuginfo-2.1.55-150500.3.5.1
* libyang2-debuginfo-2.1.55-150500.3.5.1
* yang-tools-2.1.55-150500.3.5.1
* libyang2-2.1.55-150500.3.5.1
* libyang-devel-2.1.55-150500.3.5.1
* openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
* libyang-doc-2.1.55-150500.3.5.1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 (aarch64
x86_64)
* libyang-debuginfo-2.1.55-150500.3.5.1
* libyang-debugsource-2.1.55-150500.3.5.1
* libyang2-2.1.55-150500.3.5.1
* libyang2-debuginfo-2.1.55-150500.3.5.1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 (aarch64
x86_64)
* libyang-debuginfo-2.1.55-150500.3.5.1
* libyang-debugsource-2.1.55-150500.3.5.1
* libyang2-2.1.55-150500.3.5.1
* libyang2-debuginfo-2.1.55-150500.3.5.1
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
* libyang-debuginfo-2.1.55-150500.3.5.1
* libyang-debugsource-2.1.55-150500.3.5.1
*...
Read the Full Advisory* bsc#1265330
* bsc#1266316
## References:
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41401.html
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-44673.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265330
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1266316
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