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SUSE gzip Important Insecure File Handling Vulnern 2026-3269-1

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Calendar Grey July 27, 2026
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A crucial SUSE update addressing an important security flaw in gzip ensures safer file management. Stay protected.
A security update for gzip addresses CVE-2026-41991, which involves an insecure temporary file handling issue, affecting multiple SUSE Linux products with a high CVSS score.

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: * Basesystem Module 15-SP7 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP7-2026-3269=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SLES_SAP-15-SP6-2026-3269=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP5 zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-HPC-15-SP5-ESPOS-2026-3269=1 * SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 LTSS

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Topics Covered

security advisory SuSE insecure handling gzip patch instructions CVE-2026-41991

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:

* Basesystem Module 15-SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5

* SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15 SP4

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2026:3269-1
Release Date: 2026-07-27T11:01:03Z
Rating: important

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