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SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 Sed Moderate TOCTOU File Overwrite Risk 2026-21448-1

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Calendar Grey May 4, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update for SUSE Linux Micro addresses a moderate risk from sed vulnerability CVE-2026-5958, enabling potential file overwrite.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for sed fixes the following issue: * CVE-2026-5958: TOCTOU race allows write of user-controlled content to unintended files and can lead to arbitrary file overwrite (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 Micro 6.1 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Micro-6.1-513=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * sed-4.9-slfo.1.1_2.1 * sed-debugsource-4.9-slfo.1.1_2.1 * sed-debuginfo-4.9-slfo.1.1_2.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate arbitrary file overwrite TOCTOU SUSE Linux Micro 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 Micro 6.1

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21448-1
Release Date: 2026-04-27T17:14:51Z
Rating: moderate

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security advisory moderate arbitrary file overwrite TOCTOU SUSE Linux Micro sed

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