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SUSE gzip Important Insecure File Handling Vuln 2026-3241-1

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2026
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A security update for gzip addresses an important flaw in temporary file handling in SUSE Linux.
A security update for gzip addressing CVE-2026-41991, involving insecure temporary file handling, is available for several SUSE Linux Enterprise products

Summary

## This update for gzip fixes the following issue: * CVE-2026-41991: insecure temporary file handling in the gzexe utility when the mktemp utility is not available in the user's PATH (bsc#1269622). ## 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-2026-3241=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended Security zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP5-LTSS-EXTENDED-SECURITY-2026-3241=1 ## Package List: * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64) * gzip-debugsource-1.10-4.17.1 * gzip-debuginfo-1.10-4.17.1

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References

* bsc#1269622

Cross-

* CVE-2026-41991

CVSS scores:

* CVE-2026-41991 ( SUSE ): 6.9

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

* CVE-2026-41991 ( SUSE ): 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

* CVE-2026-41991 ( NVD ): 2.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

* CVE-2026-41991 ( NVD ): 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3241-1
Release Date: 2026-07-24T13:06:57Z
Rating: important

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