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SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 krb5 Moderate Denial of Service Advisory 2026-21629-1

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Calendar Grey May 15, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Update for SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 addresses two Denial of Service issues in krb5. Immediate installation recommended for stability.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for krb5 fixes the following issues * CVE-2026-40355: Denial of Service via NULL pointer dereference in NegoEx mechanism (bsc#1263366). * CVE-2026-40356: Denial of Service via integer underflow and out-of-bounds read (bsc#1263367). ## 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-6.1-522=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * krb5-debuginfo-1.21.3-slfo.1.1_4.1 * krb5-1.21.3-slfo.1.1_4.1 * krb5-client-debuginfo-1.21.3-slfo.1.1_4.1 * krb5-client-1.21.3-slfo.1.1_4.1 * krb5-debugsource-1.21.3-slfo.1.1_4.1

References

* bsc#1263366

* bsc#1263367

Cross-

* CVE-2026-40355

* CVE-2026-40356

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-40355 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-40355 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-40356 ( SUSE ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-40356 ( NVD ): 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.1

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40355.html

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-40356.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263366

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1263367

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:21629-1
Release Date: 2026-05-09T15:45:07Z
Rating: moderate

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