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SUSE: MariaDB Important Remote Code Exec Vulnerability 2025:20018-1

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Calendar Grey January 9, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical update for SUSE users addressing a remote code execution issue in MariaDB, enhancing security and stability.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has three fixes can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for mariadb fixes the following issues: * Update to 11.8.5: * CVE-2025-13699: Fixed Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (bsc#1254313) Other fixes: * Add %license tags to license files (bsc#1252162) * Add INSTALL_DOCREADMEDIR cmake flag to install readme and license files * Remove client plugin parsec.so, it is shipped by libmariadb_plugins (bsc#1243040, bsc#1254476) ## 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 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-116=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-116=1 ## Package List:

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References

* bsc#1243040

* bsc#1252162

* bsc#1254313

* bsc#1254476

Cross-

* CVE-2025-13699

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-13699 ( 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-2025-13699 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2025-13699 ( NVD ): 7.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0

An update that solves one vulnerability and has three fixes can now be

installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-13699.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1243040

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1252162

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1254313

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20018-1
Release Date: 2025-12-22T11:44:04Z
Rating: important

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