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SUSE Linux Micro SSH Vulnerability Exploit Creates Unauthorized Access Risk

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Calendar Grey February 5, 2026
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Critical security update for CUPS addresses major vulnerabilities including DoS and authentication bypass for SUSE systems.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities, contains two features and has one fix can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for cups fixes the following issues: Update to version 2.4.16. Security issues fixed: * CVE-2025-61915: local denial-of-service via cupsd.conf update and related issues (bsc#1253783). * CVE-2025-58436: slow client communication leads to a possible DoS attack (bsc#1244057). * CVE-2025-58364: unsafe deserialization and validation of printer attributes can cause a null dereference (bsc#1249128). * CVE-2025-58060: authentication bypass with AuthType Negotiate (bsc#1249049). Other updates and bugfixes: * Version upgrade to 2.4.16: * 'cupsUTF8ToCharset' didn't validate 2-byte UTF-8 sequences, potentially reading past the end of the source string (Issue #1438) * The web interface did not support domain usernames fully (Issue #1441)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical SuSE cups authentication

References

* bsc#1244057

* bsc#1249049

* bsc#1249128

* bsc#1253783

* bsc#1254353

* jsc#PED-14688

* jsc#PED-14775

Cross-

* CVE-2025-58060

* CVE-2025-58364

* CVE-2025-58436

* CVE-2025-61915

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-58060 ( SUSE ): 7.7

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

* CVE-2025-58060 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-58060 ( NVD ): 8.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-58364 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2025-58364 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2025-58436 ( SUSE ): 8.2

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

* CVE-2025-58436 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20229-1
Release Date: 2026-02-04T11:35:17Z
Rating: critical

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service critical SuSE cups authentication

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