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SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 gpg2 Critical Memory Leak Issue SUSE-SU-2026-20180-5

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Calendar Grey February 2, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Discover the important security update for gpg2 from SUSE addressing critical vulnerabilities and their potential impact.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one fix can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for gpg2 fixes the following issues: * CVE-2026-24882: stack-based buffer overflow in TPM2 PKDECRYPT for TPM-backed RSA and ECC keys (bsc#1257396). * CVE-2026-24883: denial of service due to long signature packet length causing parse_signature to return success with sig->data[] set to a NULL value (bsc#1257395). * gpg.fail/filename: GnuPG Accepts Path Separators and Path Traversals in Literal Data "Filename" Field (bsc#1256389). ## 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-6.2-221=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service buffer overflow SuSE important gpg2

References

* bsc#1256389

* bsc#1257395

* bsc#1257396

Cross-

* CVE-2026-24882

* CVE-2026-24883

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-24882 ( SUSE ): 8.5

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

* CVE-2026-24882 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-24882 ( NVD ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-24883 ( 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-2026-24883 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-24883 ( NVD ): 3.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.2

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one fix can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-24882.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20179-1
Release Date: 2026-01-29T16:16:14Z
Rating: important

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