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SUSE perl-HTTP-Date Moderate CPU Exhaustion Vuln 2026-22859-1

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2026
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Install the SUSE update for perl-HTTP-Date to fix moderate CPU exhaustion issues identified in CVE-2026-14741.
SUSE released a security update for perl-HTTP-Date addressing CVE-2026-14741, which potentially causes CPU exhaustion

Summary

## This update for perl-HTTP-Date fixes the following issue * CVE-2026-14741: CPU exhaustion via polynomial regex backtracking in parse_date (bsc#1271705). ## 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-16.0-1338=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLES-16.0-1338=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 (noarch) * perl-HTTP-Date-6.06-160000.3.1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 (noarch) * perl-HTTP-Date-6.06-160000.3.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE cpu exhaustion perl-http-date CVE-2026-14741

References

* bsc#1271705

Cross-

* CVE-2026-14741

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-14741 ( SUSE ): 6.9

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

* CVE-2026-14741 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

* CVE-2026-14741 ( NVD ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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-2026-14741.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1271705

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:22859-1
Release Date: 2026-07-22T18:58:14Z
Rating: moderate

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate SuSE cpu exhaustion perl-http-date CVE-2026-14741

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