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SUSE PostgreSQL 18 Important CVE-2026-2006 Security Fix SUSE-SU-2026-0785-1

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Calendar Grey March 3, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update for SUSE PostgreSQL 18 resolves an important issue, including CVE-2026-2006, with essential installation commands.
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for postgresql18 fixes the following issue: Update to version 18.3 (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 Server 12 SP5 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2026-785=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue SuSE important postgresql18 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 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability and has one security fix can now be

installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-2006.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258011

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1258754

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0785-1
Release Date: 2026-03-03T14:01:39Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue SuSE important postgresql18 cve-2026-2006

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