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SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 Expact Important Denial of Service Issues 2026-20963-1

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Calendar Grey April 8, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Important SUSE security update for expat addresses multiple issues including denial of service and null pointer dereferences.
An update that solves three vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for expat fixes the following issues: * CVE-2026-32776: NULL pointer dereference when processing empty external parameter entities inside an entity declaration value (bsc#1259726). * CVE-2026-32777: denial of service due to infinite loop in DTD content parsing (bsc#1259711). * CVE-2026-32778: NULL pointer dereference in `setContext` on retry after an out-of-memory condition (bsc#1259729). ## 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 Micro 6.2 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SL-Micro-6.2-466=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * expat-debugsource-2.7.1-160000.5.1

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Topics Covered

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References

* bsc#1259711

* bsc#1259726

* bsc#1259729

Cross-

* CVE-2026-32776

* CVE-2026-32777

* CVE-2026-32778

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-32776 ( 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-2026-32776 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-32776 ( NVD ): 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2026-32776 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-32777 ( 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-2026-32777 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-32777 ( NVD ): 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2026-32777 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20963-1
Release Date: 2026-03-30T14:58:50Z
Rating: important

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