SUSE ClamAV Moderate DoS Issue CVE-2026-20031 Advisory 2026-1325-1
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April 14, 2026
An update that solves one vulnerability, contains one feature and has two security fixes can now be installed.
Summary
## This update for clamav fixes the following issues: Update to clamav 1.5.2: Security issue: * CVE-2026-20031: improper error handling in the HTML CSS module when splitting UTF-8 strings can lead to denial of service conditions via a crafted HTML file (bsc#1259207). Non security issue: * Support transactional updates (jsc#PED-14819). Changelog: * Fixed a possible infinite loop when scanning some JPEG files by upgrading affected ClamAV dependency, a Rust image library. * The CVD verification process will now ignore certificate files in the CVD certs directory when the user lacks read permissions. * Freshclam: Fix CLD verification bug with PrivateMirror option. * Upgraded the Rust bytes dependency to a newer version to resolve RUSTSEC-2026-0007 advisory.
Topics Covered
References
* bsc#1221954
* bsc#1258072
* bsc#1259207
* jsc#PED-14819
Cross-
* CVE-2026-20031
CVSS scores:
* CVE-2026-20031 ( SUSE ): 6.9
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
* CVE-2026-20031 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
* CVE-2026-20031 ( NVD ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Affected Products:
* Basesystem 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 SP6
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 LTSS
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7
An update that solves one vulnerability, contains one feature and has two
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1325-1
Release Date: 2026-04-14T13:15:54Z
Rating: moderate
Topics Covered
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