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SUSE 18.3 pgvector Key Protection Advisory SUSE-SU-2026-24200-7

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Calendar Grey April 21, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
An important security update for pgvector fixes a critical buffer overflow issue in SUSE Linux Server 16.0.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for pgvector fixes the following issue: Update to pgvector 0.8.2: * CVE-2026-3172: Buffer overflow in parallel HNSW index build (bsc#1258945). Changelog: * Fixed Index Searches in EXPLAIN output for Postgres 18 ## 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-16.0-504=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-504=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * postgresql15-pgvector-debuginfo-0.8.2-160000.1.1 * postgresql13-pgvector-debugsource-0.8.2-160000.1.1

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References

* bsc#1258945

Cross-

* CVE-2026-3172

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-3172 ( SUSE ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-3172 ( NVD ): 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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 can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-3172.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258945

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21153-1
Release Date: 2026-04-09T12:27:13Z
Rating: important

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