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SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 gpg2 Essential Memory Leak Resolution 2026-20487-2

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Calendar Grey February 27, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update for gpg2 addresses critical buffer overflow issue on SUSE Linux Micro 6.1, important patch available now.
An update that solves one vulnerability 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). * 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 6.1 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-407=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * gpg2-2.4.4-slfo.1.1_7.1 * gpg2-debugsource-2.4.4-slfo.1.1_7.1 * gpg2-debuginfo-2.4.4-slfo.1.1_7.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important SuSE Linux gpg2 tmc issue

References

* bsc#1256389

* bsc#1257396

Cross-

* CVE-2026-24882

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

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

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

##

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

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256389

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257396

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20487-1
Release Date: 2026-02-17T09:37:09Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow important SuSE Linux gpg2 tmc issue

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