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SUSE perl-Text-CSV_XS Important Memory Corruption Risk CVE-2026-7111

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Calendar Grey May 18, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Fixes a significant issue with perl-Text-CSV_XS affecting multiple SUSE versions, addressing type confusion.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for perl-Text-CSV_XS fixes the following issue * CVE-2026-7111: use-after-free when registered callbacks extend the Perl argument stack may enable type confusion or memory corruption (bsc#1263690). ## 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 High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-1936=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-LTSS-2026-1936=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES-15-SP4-LTSS-2026-1936=1

References

* bsc#1263690

Cross-

* CVE-2026-7111

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-7111 ( SUSE ): 8.6

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

* CVE-2026-7111 ( SUSE ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-7111 ( NVD ): 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products:

* Development Tools 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 High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7

Severity
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1936-1
Release Date: 2026-05-18T07:41:35Z
Rating: important

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