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SUSE 2026 perl-Authen-SASL Moderate CVE-2025-40918 Threat Mitigation

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Calendar Grey April 21, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update for perl-Authen-SASL addresses CVE-2025-40918 vulnerability on SUSE. Implement patch for moderate severity risk.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for perl-Authen-SASL fixes the following issues: Changes in perl-Authen-SASL: * CVE-2025-40918: use Crypt:URandom for generating nonces (bsc#1246623) ## 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-16.0-495=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-495=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (noarch) * perl-Authen-SASL-2.170.0-160000.3.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * perl-Crypt-URandom-0.550.0-160000.1.1 * perl-Crypt-URandom-debugsource-0.550.0-160000.1.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE threat mitigation cryptography perl-authen-sasl

References

* bsc#1246623

Cross-

* CVE-2025-40918

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-40918 ( SUSE ): 8.2

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

* CVE-2025-40918 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2025-40918 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40918.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246623

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21145-1
Release Date: 2026-04-09T10:58:55Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE threat mitigation cryptography perl-authen-sasl

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