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SUSE 2026 20905-1 Busybox Important File Overwrite Risk Fix

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Calendar Grey April 1, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical update for Busybox on SUSE; fixes arbitrary file overwrite and privilege escalation vulnerabilities.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and contains one feature can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for busybox fixes the following issues: Changes in busybox: * CVE-2026-26157: Fixed arbitrary file overwrite and potential code execution via incomplete path sanitization. (bsc#1258163) * CVE-2026-26158: Fixed arbitrary file modification and privilege escalation via unvalidated tar archive entries. (bsc#1258167) ## 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: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-405=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * busybox-static-1.37.0-160000.5.1 * busybox-debugsource-1.37.0-160000.5.1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE privilege escalation important arbitrary file overwrite

References

* bsc#1258163

* bsc#1258167

* jsc#PED-13039

Cross-

* CVE-2026-26157

* CVE-2026-26158

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-26157 ( SUSE ): 7.1

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2026-26157 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-26157 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-26158 ( SUSE ): 7.1

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

* CVE-2026-26158 ( SUSE ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-26158 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server - BCI 16.0

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and contains one feature can now be

installed.

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20905-1
Release Date: 2026-03-18T15:29:19Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE privilege escalation important arbitrary file overwrite

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