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SUSE Protobuf Moderate Recursion Depth Bypass Vulnerability CVE-2026-0994

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Calendar Grey February 16, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
CVE-2026-0994 affects protobuf on SUSE. Update patch for recursion depth bypass severity rated moderate.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for protobuf fixes the following issues: * CVE-2026-0994: Fixed google.protobuf.Any recursion depth bypass in Python json_format.ParseDict (bsc#1257173). ## 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: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-517=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.5-2026-517=1 * Public Cloud Module 15-SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Public-Cloud-15-SP5-2026-517=1 ## Package List: * openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586) * protobuf-debugsource-25.1-150500.12.14.1 * python311-protobuf-4.25.1-150500.12.14.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE DoS bypass protobuf

References

* bsc#1257173

Cross-

* CVE-2026-0994

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-0994 ( SUSE ): 8.2

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

* CVE-2026-0994 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-0994 ( NVD ): 8.2

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.5

* Public Cloud Module 15-SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0517-1
Release Date: 2026-02-14T08:25:05Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE DoS bypass protobuf

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