SUSE 2026 1954-1 Perl-Crypt-URandom Important Buffer Overflow
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May 18, 2026
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.
Summary
## This update for perl-Crypt-URandom fixes the following issue: * CVE-2026-2474: negative length parameter in the XS function can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow (bsc#1258266). Changes for perl-Crypt-URandom: * updated to 0.550.0 (0.55) * Fix for sysread/read failures. Thanks to Miha Purg for GH#20 * Fix for test suite failures on STDOUT encoding. Thanks to Lukas Mai for GH#19 ## 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: * Development Tools Module 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-15-SP7-2026-1954=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4
Topics Covered
References
* bsc#1258266
Cross-
* CVE-2026-2474
CVSS scores:
* CVE-2026-2474 ( 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-2026-2474 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
* CVE-2026-2474 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:1954-1
Release Date: 2026-05-18T07:55:03Z
Rating: important
Topics Covered
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