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openSUSE gpg2 Low Severity CMS Parsing Issue Advisory 2026-3243-1

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2026
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A critical update for openSUSE's gpg2 resolves a CMS parsing issue, addressing CVE-2026-57062 and rated low risk.
A security update has been released for gpg2 to address the vulnerability CVE-2026-57062, affecting several SUSE products, with recommended installation methods provided.

Description

This update for gpg2 fixes the following issue:

* CVE-2026-57062: CMS parsing in gpgsm mishandles the CMS format for AES-GCM

(bsc#1269279).

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Topics Covered

security advisory low OpenSUSE gpg2 CVE-2026-57062 CMS parsing

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:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-3243=1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-3243=1

Package List

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (aarch64 i586 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* gpg2-debugsource-2.4.4-150600.3.18.1

* gpg2-tpm-debuginfo-2.4.4-150600.3.18.1

* gpg2-2.4.4-150600.3.18.1

* dirmngr-debuginfo-2.4.4-150600.3.18.1

* dirmngr-2.4.4-150600.3.18.1

* gpg2-debuginfo-2.4.4-150600.3.18.1

* gpg2-tpm-2.4.4-150600.3.18.1

* openSUSE Leap 15.6 (noarch)

* gpg2-lang-2.4.4-150600.3.18.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

* gpg2-debugsource-2.4.4-150600.3.18.1

* gpg2-2.4.4-150600.3.18.1

* dirmngr-debuginfo-2.4.4-150600.3.18.1

* dirmngr-2.4.4-150600.3.18.1

* gpg2-debuginfo-2.4.4-150600.3.18.1

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (noarch)

* gpg2-lang-2.4.4-150600.3.18.1

References

* bsc#1269279

## References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-57062.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1269279

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3243-1
Release Date: 2026-07-24T13:09:39Z

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security advisory low OpenSUSE gpg2 CVE-2026-57062 CMS parsing

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