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SUSE Protobuf Moderate Depth Bypass Vuln 2026-0618-1 CVE-2026-0994

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Calendar Grey February 24, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update resolves moderate vulnerability in Protobuf affecting multiple SUSE versions. Patch instructions included.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for protobuf fixes the following issues:i * 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: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-618=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-618=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-618=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.4-2026-618=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5

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:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

* Public Cloud Module 15-SP4

* Public Cloud Module 15-SP5

* Public Cloud Module 15-SP6

* Public Cloud Module 15-SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0618-1
Release Date: 2026-02-24T15:36:14Z
Rating: moderate

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