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SUSE 5.2 Cockpit Important CPU Memory Issues Vuln SUSE-SU-2026-1232-1

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Calendar Grey April 9, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Important update for SUSE addressing critical issues in Cockpit that could lead to CPU and memory consumption.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for cockpit fixes the following issues: * CVE-2026-25547: brace-expansion: unbounded brace range expansion can lead to excessive CPU and memory consumption and may crash a Node.js process (bsc#1257836). * CVE-2026-26996: minimatch: ReDoS when glob pattern contains many consecutive wildcards followed by a literal character that doesn't appear in the test string (bsc#1258641). ## 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 Micro 5.2 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2026-1232=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.2 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SUSE-MicroOS-5.2-2026-1232=1 ## Package List:

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References

* bsc#1257836

* bsc#1258641

Cross-

* CVE-2026-25547

* CVE-2026-26996

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-25547 ( SUSE ): 8.7

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

* CVE-2026-25547 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-25547 ( NVD ): 9.2

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

* CVE-2026-26996 ( SUSE ): 8.7

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

* CVE-2026-26996 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1232-1
Release Date: 2026-04-09T10:47:30Z
Rating: important

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