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SUSE Security Update for joe Important Exec Issue CVE-2026-13412

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2026
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An important security update for joe fixes an arbitrary execution issue in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0.
SUSE released an important security update for joe addressing a critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-13412) in tag-file parsing that could allow arbitrary command execution on specifie...

Summary

## This update for joe fixes the following issue * CVE-2026-13412: improper validation in tag-file parser can lead to arbitrary command execution (bsc#1269379). ## 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 for SAP applications 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1318=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1318=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (ppc64le x86_64) * joe-debugsource-4.6-160000.4.1 * joe-debuginfo-4.6-160000.4.1 * joe-4.6-160000.4.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)

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References

* bsc#1269379

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* CVE-2026-13412

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-13412 ( 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-2026-13412 ( SUSE ): 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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-2026-13412.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1269379

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:22843-1
Release Date: 2026-07-22T08:23:18Z
Rating: important

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