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SUSE Linux 12 SP5 libsoup2 Important Memory Management Update Alert

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Calendar Grey February 10, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Security update for libsoup2 addresses a critical buffer overflow issue for SUSE Linux users. Get your patches now!
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for libsoup2 fixes the following issues: * CVE-2026-1761: Check length of bytes read in soup_filter_input_stream_read_until to avoid a stack-based buffer overflow. (bsc#1257598) ## 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 Server 12 SP5 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2026-419=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2026-419=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * libsoup-devel-2.62.2-5.29.1 * typelib-1_0-Soup-2_4-2.62.2-5.29.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow SuSE DoS important libsoup2

References

* bsc#1257598

Cross-

* CVE-2026-1761

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-1761 ( SUSE ): 9.2

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

* CVE-2026-1761 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-1761 ( NVD ): 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-1761.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1257598

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0419-1
Release Date: 2026-02-10T14:15:57Z
Rating: important

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