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SUSE log4j Medium Risk Security Update for CVE-2025-68161 Release

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Calendar Grey January 23, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical SUSE security update for log4j fixes man-in-the-middle risk from CVE-2025-68161. Install now!
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for log4j fixes the following issues: Security fixes: * CVE-2025-68161: Fixed absent TLS hostname verification that may allow a man- in-the-middle attack (bsc#1255427) Other fixes: * Upgrade to 2.18.0 * Added * Add support for Jakarta Mail API in the SMTP appender. * Add support for custom Log4j 1.x levels. * Add support for adding and retrieving appenders in Log4j 1.x bridge. * Add support for custom LMAX disruptor WaitStrategy configuration. * Add support for Apache Extras' RollingFileAppender in Log4j 1.x bridge. * Add MutableThreadContextMapFilter. * Add support for 24 colors in highlighting * Changed * Improves ServiceLoader support on servlet containers. * Make the default disruptor WaitStrategy used by Async Loggers garbage-free.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE man-in-the-middle Log4j cve-2025-68161

References

* bsc#1255427

Cross-

* CVE-2025-68161

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-68161 ( SUSE ): 6.3

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

* CVE-2025-68161 ( SUSE ): 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

* CVE-2025-68161 ( NVD ): 6.3

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

* CVE-2025-68161 ( NVD ): 4.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Products:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0254-1
Release Date: 2026-01-22T16:08:29Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE man-in-the-middle Log4j cve-2025-68161

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