Audit Linux privileges now to limit compromise, escalation, and system-wide damage. Review Linux Privileges×

Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 455
Alerts This Week
Warning Icon 1 455

SUSE 2026-3196-1 joe Significant Command Execution Vulnerability Alert

suse
Calendar Grey July 22, 2026
Scroller Suse
An important security update for joe on SUSE addresses a critical command execution issue to enhance system security.
A security update for joe resolves CVE-2026-13412, which allows arbitrary command execution through a malicious tags file, affecting several SUSE Linux Enterprise products.

Summary

## This update for joe fixes the following issue * CVE-2026-13412: arbitrary command execution via malicious tags file (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 12 SP5 LTSS zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-2026-3196=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2026-3196=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * joe-debugsource-3.7-30.3.1 * joe-3.7-30.3.1 * joe-debuginfo-3.7-30.3.1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE important arbitrary command execution joe CVE-2026-13412

References

* bsc#1269379

Cross-

* 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 High Performance Computing 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5

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

Severity
important
Lowest
Low
Medium
High
Critical

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3196-1
Release Date: 2026-07-22T14:34:50Z
Rating: important

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE important arbitrary command execution joe CVE-2026-13412

Get the latest News and Insights

Get the latest Linux and open source security news straight to your inbox.