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openSUSE Editorconfig-Core-C Moderate Buffer Overflow Issue 2026-2731-1

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Calendar Grey July 3, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
This update addresses a moderate security issue in openSUSE for editorconfig-core-c with a critical buffer overflow risk.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

This update for editorconfig-core-c fixes the following issue:

* CVE-2026-40489: improper use of `strcpy` can lead to a stack buffer overflow

(bsc#1262131).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update buffer overflow OpenSUSE editorconfig-core-c

Patch

## 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:

* Development Tools Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP7-2026-2731=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-2731=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libeditorconfig-devel-0.12.6-150600.3.6.1

* editorconfig-core-c-debugsource-0.12.6-150600.3.6.1

* editorconfig-debuginfo-0.12.6-150600.3.6.1

* editorconfig-0.12.6-150600.3.6.1

* libeditorconfig0-debuginfo-0.12.6-150600.3.6.1

* libeditorconfig0-0.12.6-150600.3.6.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64_ilp32)

* libeditorconfig-devel-64bit-0.12.6-150600.3.6.1

* libeditorconfig0-64bit-debuginfo-0.12.6-150600.3.6.1

* libeditorconfig0-64bit-0.12.6-150600.3.6.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (x86_64)

* libeditorconfig-devel-32bit-0.12.6-150600.3.6.1

* libeditorconfig0-32bit-debuginfo-0.12.6-150600.3.6.1

* libeditorconfig0-32bit-0.12.6-150600.3.6.1

* Development Tools Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* libeditorconfig0-debuginfo-0.12.6-150600.3.6.1

* editorconfig-core-c-debugsource-0.12.6-150600.3.6.1

* libeditorconfig0-0.12.6-150600.3.6.1

References

* bsc#1262131

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40489.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262131

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2731-1
Release Date: 2026-07-02T17:36:35Z
Affected Products: * Development Tools Module 15-SP7 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate update buffer overflow OpenSUSE editorconfig-core-c

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