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SUSE 2026 Expats Moderate Patches for DoS CVE-2026-24515 CVE-2026-25210

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Calendar Grey March 5, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Critical update for SUSE addresses two issues in expat with moderate severity. Install fixes promptly to secure systems.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for expat fixes the following issues: * CVE-2026-24515: Fixed a null dereference in XML_ExternalEntityParserCreate. (bsc#1257144) * CVE-2026-25210: Fixed an integer overflow in doContent. (bsc#1257496) ## 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 15.4 zypper in -t patch SUSE-2026-826=1 * openSUSE Leap 15.6 zypper in -t patch openSUSE-SLE-15.6-2026-826=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-826=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-5.3-2026-826=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher 5.4

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE DoS integer overflow expat

References

* bsc#1257144

* bsc#1257496

Cross-

* CVE-2026-24515

* CVE-2026-25210

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-24515 ( SUSE ): 6.8

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

* CVE-2026-24515 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-24515 ( NVD ): 2.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2026-24515 ( NVD ): 2.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2026-25210 ( SUSE ): 7.3

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

* CVE-2026-25210 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

* CVE-2026-25210 ( NVD ): 6.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Affected Products:

* openSUSE Leap 15.4

* openSUSE Leap 15.6

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:0826-1
Release Date: 2026-03-05T15:16:41Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE DoS integer overflow expat

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