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SUSE 16.0 AutoGen Insufficient Info Evaluation Problem SUSE-SU-2026-20490-3

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Calendar Grey March 5, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
This SUSE advisory addresses a low-severity flaw in autogen due to improper input validation and memory limits.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for autogen fixes the following issues: * CVE-2025-8746: Fixed improper input validation and memory bounds checking when processing certain malformed configuration files (bsc#1247921) ## 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-16.0-312=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-312=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * libopts25-debuginfo-5.18.16-160000.3.1 * autogen-debugsource-5.18.16-160000.3.1 * autogen-debuginfo-5.18.16-160000.3.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE low improper input validation autogen memory bounds checking

References

* bsc#1247921

Cross-

* CVE-2025-8746

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2025-8746 ( SUSE ): 4.8

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

* CVE-2025-8746 ( SUSE ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2025-8746 ( NVD ): 1.9

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

* CVE-2025-8746 ( NVD ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2025-8746 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 16.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:20590-1
Release Date: 2026-02-26T09:10:10Z
Rating: low

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