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SUSE perl-libwww-perl Moderate Authorization Leak CVE-2026-8368

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Calendar Grey July 14, 2026
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A security update for perl-libwww-perl addresses CVE-2026-8368, preventing leaks during cross-origin redirects.
SUSE has released a moderate security update for perl-libwww-perl that addresses vulnerability CVE-2026-8368, which leaks authorization headers during cross-origin redirects for se...

Summary

## This update for perl-libwww-perl fixes the following issue * CVE-2026-8368: LWP: UserAgent: Authorization and Proxy-Authorization headers are leaked on cross-origin redirects (bsc#1265156). ## 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: * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-2962=1 ## Package List: * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 (noarch) * perl-libwww-perl-6.31-150000.3.3.1

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security advisory moderate SuSE cross-origin redirect perl-libwww-perl Authorization headers

References

* bsc#1265156

Cross-

* CVE-2026-8368

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-8368 ( SUSE ): 6.0

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

* CVE-2026-8368 ( SUSE ): 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

* CVE-2026-8368 ( NVD ): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Products:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7

An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

##

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-8368.html

* https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1265156

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:2962-1
Release Date: 2026-07-14T10:55:03Z
Rating: moderate

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security advisory moderate SuSE cross-origin redirect perl-libwww-perl Authorization headers

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