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SUSE Helm Low Credential Exfiltration Issue Fix Advisory 2026-22650-1

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Calendar Grey July 16, 2026
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Install the SUSE security update for helm addressing a credential exfiltration issue in helm version 3.21.2.
SUSE released a security update for helm addressing CVE-2026-48978, which allows malicious registries to hijack tokens

Summary

## This update for helm fixes the following issue * CVE-2026-48978: oras.land/oras-go/v2/registry/remote/auth: malicious registry can hijack Bearer token realm to exfiltrate credentials and refresh tokens (bsc#1270127). Changes for helm: * Update to version 3.21.2. ## 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-16.0-1235=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1235=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 s390x x86_64) * helm-debuginfo-3.21.2-160000.2.1 * helm-3.21.2-160000.2.1

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Topics Covered

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References

* bsc#1270127

Cross-

* CVE-2026-48978

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-48978 ( SUSE ): 2.1

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

* CVE-2026-48978 ( SUSE ): 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected Products:

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-48978.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1270127

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:22650-1
Release Date: 2026-07-13T19:24:02Z
Rating: low

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