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SUSE: Advisory 2026:20078-1 for Squid's Critical Credential Leak Issue

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Calendar Grey January 20, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update resolves two important vulnerabilities in Squid affecting SUSE Linux Enterprise Server and SAP Applications.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for squid fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-62168: failure to redact HTTP authentication credentials in error handling leads to the disclosure of credentials a trusted client uses to authenticate (bsc#1252281). * CVE-2025-59362: SNMP message processing component of Squid Cache can lead to stack-based buffer overflow (bsc#1250627). ## 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-16.0-136=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-136=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

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Topics Covered

security advisory buffer overflow SuSE important squid http credential leak

References

* bsc#1250627

* bsc#1252281

Cross-

* CVE-2025-59362

* CVE-2025-62168

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-59362 ( SUSE ): 8.7

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

* CVE-2025-59362 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2025-59362 ( NVD ): 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2025-62168 ( SUSE ): 7.7

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

* CVE-2025-62168 ( SUSE ): 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

* CVE-2025-62168 ( NVD ): 10.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2025-62168 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20078-1
Release Date: 2026-01-14T08:39:17Z
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

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