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SUSE Apache PDFBox Moderate Path Traversal Threat Vuln 2026-22088-1

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Calendar Grey June 15, 2026
Dist Suse Esm H88
Install this update for SUSE to fix two moderate vulnerabilities in apache-pdfbox that can lead to file write issues.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for apache-pdfbox fixes the following issues: Update to version 2.0.36. Security issues fixed: * CVE-2026-33929: path traversal in the `ExtractEmbeddedFiles` example code can lead to arbitrary file writes (bsc#1262046). Other updates and bugfixes: * Version 2.0.36: * XMPBox removes namespaces on serialization * False negative on PDFA-1b validation : missing field type * PlainText.Paragraph.getLines extremely slow on long lines * Valid PDF/A 1B is rejected * Potential StackOverflows in BaseParser * Unknown code in Huffman RLE stream * IllegalArgumentException: Can't add attribute to 0-length text * TTFSubsetter.buildGlyfTable() modifies glyphIds while iterating over its entries possibly causing ConcurrentModificationException to be thrown

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security advisory moderate SuSE path traversal apache-pdfbox arbitrary file writes

References

* bsc#1262046

Cross-

* CVE-2026-3392

* CVE-2026-33929

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-3392 ( 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-2026-3392 ( NVD ): 3.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2026-3392 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

* CVE-2026-33929 ( SUSE ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

* CVE-2026-33929 ( NVD ): 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:22088-1
Release Date: 2026-06-08T14:37:00Z
Rating: moderate

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