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SUSE Tar Important File Injection Fix Advisory 2026-22289-1

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Calendar Grey June 29, 2026
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Maintain security with this SUSE update for tar, addressing important issues and the need for immediate patch installation.
An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one fix can now be installed.

Summary

## This update for tar fixes the following issues * CVE-2026-5704: crafted archives can be used to to hide file injection (bsc#1261900). * Fix --dereference/-h not working properly after CVE-2025-45582 fix (bsc#1265450). ## 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 6.2 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SL-Micro-6.2-1092=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * tar-debugsource-1.35-160000.4.1 * tar-1.35-160000.4.1 * tar-debuginfo-1.35-160000.4.1

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References

* bsc#1261900

* bsc#1265450

* bsc#1267189

Cross-

* CVE-2025-45582

* CVE-2026-5704

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

* CVE-2026-5704 ( SUSE ): 5.9

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

* CVE-2026-5704 ( SUSE ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2026-5704 ( NVD ): 5.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

* CVE-2026-5704 ( NVD ): 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Micro 6.2

An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one fix can now be installed.

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:22289-1
Release Date: 2026-06-26T09:03:48Z
Rating: important

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