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SUSE OpenSSL Moderate Patch 2026-0332-1 CVE-2025-68160 CVE-2025-69420

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Calendar Grey January 29, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
A security update for OpenSSL addressing multiple issues is available for SUSE distributions including key patches.
An update that solves four vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for openssl-1_0_0 fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-68160: Heap out-of-bounds write in BIO_f_linebuffer on short writes (bsc#1256834). * CVE-2025-69420: Missing ASN1_TYPE validation in TS_RESP_verify_response() function (bsc#1256837). * CVE-2025-69421: NULL Pointer Dereference in PKCS12_item_decrypt_d2i_ex function (bsc#1256838). * CVE-2026-22796: ASN1_TYPE Type Confusion in the PKCS7_digest_from_attributes() function (bsc#1256840). ## 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 High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP4-ESPOS-2026-332=1

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security advisory moderate update SuSE OpenSSL application

References

* bsc#1256834

* bsc#1256837

* bsc#1256838

* bsc#1256840

Cross-

* CVE-2025-68160

* CVE-2025-69420

* CVE-2025-69421

* CVE-2026-22796

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-68160 ( SUSE ): 6.9

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

* CVE-2025-68160 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2025-69420 ( SUSE ): 6.9

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

* CVE-2025-69420 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2025-69420 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2025-69421 ( SUSE ): 6.9

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

* CVE-2025-69421 ( SUSE ): 6.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0332-1
Release Date: 2026-01-29T06:05:07Z
Rating: moderate

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