Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 640
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 640

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 Toctou Race Vulnerability Notice

suse
Calendar Grey May 6, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update for SUSE Linux fixes moderate security issue in sed, addressing TOCTOU race allowing unintended access.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for sed fixes the following issue: * CVE-2026-5958: a TOCTOU race can allow to read attacker-controlled content and write it to an unintended file (bsc#1262144). ## 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 Extended Security zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2026-1699=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (x86_64) * sed-4.2.2-7.6.1 * sed-debugsource-4.2.2-7.6.1 * sed-debuginfo-4.2.2-7.6.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security (noarch) * sed-lang-4.2.2-7.6.1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE attack TOCTOU sed

References

* bsc#1262144

Cross-

* CVE-2026-5958

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-5958 ( SUSE ): 2.1

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

* CVE-2026-5958 ( SUSE ): 6.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2026-5958 ( NVD ): 2.1

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

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5958.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1262144

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1699-1
Release Date: 2026-05-06T07:26:45Z
Rating: moderate

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE attack TOCTOU sed

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.

Your message here