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SUSE PostgreSQL16 Key Security Update for CVE-2026-2006 Released

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Calendar Grey March 3, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical update for postgresql16 in SUSE to resolve a significant security issue. Immediate action is recommended.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for postgresql16 fixes the following issue: Update to version 16.13 (bsc#1258754). Regression fixes: * the substring() function raises an error "invalid byte sequence for encoding" on non-ASCII text values if the source of that value is a database column (caused by CVE-2026-2006 fix). * a standby may halt and return an error "could not access status of transaction". ## 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-2026-784=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE important data integrity postgresql16 cve-2026-2006

References

* bsc#1258011

* bsc#1258754

Cross-

* CVE-2026-2006

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-2006 ( SUSE ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-2006 ( NVD ): 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4

Severity
important
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0784-1
Release Date: 2026-03-03T13:42:39Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE important data integrity postgresql16 cve-2026-2006

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