SUSE 16.0 Tar Important File Overwrite Risk CVE-2025-45582 Advisory
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April 21, 2026
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one fix can now be installed.
Summary
## This update for tar fixes the following issue: Security issue: * CVE-2025-45582: file overwrite via directory traversal in crafted TAR archives (bsc#1246399). Non security issue: * Fixes tar creating invalid tarballs when used with --delete (bsc#1246607) ## 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-16.0-486=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-486=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * tar-debuginfo-1.35-160000.3.1 * tar-debugsource-1.35-160000.3.1 * tar-rmt-1.35-160000.3.1
Topics Covered
References
* bsc#1246399
* bsc#1246607
Cross-
* CVE-2025-45582
CVSS scores:
* CVE-2025-45582 ( SUSE ): 8.5
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
* CVE-2025-45582 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
* CVE-2025-45582 ( NVD ): 4.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
Affected Products:
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0
* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0
An update that solves one vulnerability and has one fix can now be installed.
##
* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-45582.html
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246399
* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1246607
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21143-1
Release Date: 2026-04-07T14:58:07Z
Rating: important
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